ἈΡΧΗΘΕΝ, ἀρχηθεν
ARCHĒTHEN, archēthen
Sounds Like: ar-KHEH-then
Translations: from the beginning, from the first, at the first
From the root: ΑΡΧΗ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'from the beginning' or 'from the first'. It indicates the point in time when something originated or started. It is used to emphasize the initial state or origin of an event or situation.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G0749 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:366
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 3:21
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
- ἈΡΧΗ — beginning, a beginning, rule, a rule, ruler, a ruler, first, origin, a first, a ruler, dominion, a dominion, principality, a principality
- 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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