ἈΡΧΗ, ἀρχη
ARCHĒ, archē
Sounds Like: ar-KHEE
Translations: beginning, a beginning, rule, a rule, ruler, a ruler, first, origin, a first, a ruler, dominion, a dominion, principality, a principality
From the root: ΑΡΧΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the beginning of something, the first in a series, or the origin. It can also denote a position of authority, rule, or dominion, and by extension, the person holding such authority (a ruler or magistrate). It is used to describe the starting point of time, a sequence, or a source of power.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0746 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:221
Barnabus
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 47:2
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:27
- Book 3 — 10:248
- Book 4 — 8:214
- Book 5 — 8:306
- Book 8 — 8:229, 11:280
- Book 9 — 8:185
- Book 10 — 9:164, 10:218
- Book 11 — 8:346
- Book 12 — 9:385
- Book 14 — 3:49, 7:118, 10:196, 16:490
- Book 15 — 6:179, 9:319
- Book 16 — 2:46, 11:384
- Book 17 — 1:1, 3:60, 11:306, 11:313, 11:321
- Book 18 — 6:215, 8:258, 8:306, 9:326, 9:340
- Book 19 — 2:201, 8:341, 9:366
- Book 20 — 12:261
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 5:15, 9:13
- Book Two — 8:24
- Book Three — 3:5, 5:3, 9:32, 10:11
- Book Four — 11:33
- Book Five — 4:12, 4:48
- Book Seven — 8:120
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 64:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 19:4, 32:6, 35:6, 61:3, 62:4, 65:5, 79:4, 86:1, 90:5, 111:2, 129:2, 129:3, 137:3, 138:2
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 10:10, 49:3
- Exodus — 12:2
- Numbers — 24:20
- Deuteronomy — 21:17, 33:27
- Judges — 7:17, 7:19, 9:37, 20:18
- Ruth — 1:22
- 1 Samuel — 13:17, 13:18
- 2 Samuel — 17:9, 21:9, 21:10
- 1 Kings — 7:21, 20:9
- 2 Kings — 17:25
- 1 Chronicles — 16:7
- 2 Chronicles — 13:12
- Ezra (Beta) — 4:6
- 2 Maccabees — 4:50
- Psalms — 109:3, 110:10, 118:160, 136:6
- Proverbs — 1:7, 8:23, 9:10, 16:4, 16:7, 17:14
- Ecclesiastes — 5:10, 10:13
- Job — 37:3, 40:14
- Wisdom — 6:17, 12:16, 14:12, 14:27
- Sirach — 1:14, 10:12, 10:13, 11:3, 25:24, 29:21, 36:20, 37:16, 39:26
- Isaiah — 9:6, 9:7, 9:14, 42:10, 51:9
- Jeremiah — 2:3, 22:6, 25:15, 26:1, 28:58, 33:1
- Ezekiel — 10:11, 16:31, 21:20, 29:14, 31:3, 36:11, 42:10
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 6:26, 7:12, 7:14, 9:21, 9:23, 11:41
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:23
- Hosea — 1:2
- Micah — 4:8
- Obadiah — 1:20
- Nahum — 3:8
- Enoch — 15:9, 18:15, 89:45
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 24:8
- Mark — 1:1, 13:9
- Luke — 20:20
- John — 1:1, 1:2
- Acts — 11:15
- Philippians — 4:15
- Colossians — 1:18
- Revelation — 3:14, 21:6, 22:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΚΗΝ — beginning, a beginning, rule, a rule, ruler, a ruler, first place, a first place
- ἈΡΧ — beginning, a beginning, rule, ruler, a ruler, first, origin, principality, first place, first in order, first in time
- ἈΡΧΑΙ — beginnings, rulers, authorities, first principles, origins
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most ancient, oldest, earliest, most original
- ἈΡΧΑΣ — beginnings, rulers, principalities, authorities, first places
- ἈΡΧΗΘΕΝ — from the beginning, from the first, at the first
- ἈΡΧΗΝ — beginning, a beginning, rule, a rule, ruler, a ruler, authority, an authority, domain, a domain, first, the first
- ἈΡΧΗΣ — of beginning, of rule, of origin, of first place, of first principle, of chief, of ruler
- ἈΡΧΙ — chief, first, principal, ruling
- ΑΡΧ — beginning, a beginning, rule, ruler, a ruler, authority, a principality, first, chief, origin, cause
- ΑΡΧΑΙ — beginnings, rulers, authorities, first principles, a beginning, a ruler, an authority
- ΑΡΧΑΙΣ — to beginnings, to rulers, to authorities, to principalities, to first places, to origins
- ΑΡΧΑΣ — rulers, chiefs, magistrates, princes, a ruler, a chief, a magistrate, a prince
- ΑΡΧΕ — beginning, rule, ruler, authority, domain, first, origin, principality, a beginning, a rule, a ruler, a principality, to rule, to begin, to be first, to govern
- ΑΡΧΕΑ — beginning, a beginning, rule, a rule, authority, an authority, origin, an origin, ancient, an ancient (thing), old, an old (thing)
- ΑΡΧΕΟΝ — of rule, of beginning, of origin, of authority, of a ruler, of a first place, of a chief
- ΑΡΧΗ — beginning, rule, ruler, first, origin, a beginning, a rule, an origin
- ΑΡΧΗΝ — beginning, rule, dominion, first place, a beginning, a rule, a dominion, a first place
- ΑΡΧΗΣ — of beginning, of rule, of ruler, of authority, of origin, of first place, of chief, of a ruler, of a chief
- ΑΡΧΙ — chief, first, beginning, rule, ruler, authority, a beginning, a rule, a ruler
- ΑΡΧ‾Η‾ — beginning, a beginning, rule, a rule, domain, a domain, first place, a first place, origin, an origin
- ἘΝἈΡΧΗ — in the beginning, at the beginning, from the beginning, originally
- ΤΗΝἈΡΧΗΝ — the beginning, a beginning, the origin, a origin, the first, a first
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