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ἈΡΧΗΣ, ἀρχης

ARCHĒS, archēs

Sounds Like: ar-KHEES

Translations: of beginning, of rule, of origin, of first place, of first principle, of chief, of ruler

From the root: ΑΡΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a beginning, origin, or the first in a series. It can also denote a position of authority, rule, or a ruler. In a sentence, it often indicates the source or starting point of something, or the person/thing in charge. It is the genitive singular form of the noun 'ἀρχή'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0746 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection
  • 1 Enoch — 2:2
Aristeas
Barnabus
  • Letter of Barnabas — 16:8
Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s First Letter — 19:2, 31:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
  • The Life of Flavius Josephus — 1:5, 13:70
Mathetes
Polycarp of Smyrna
  • Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 7:2
  • Martyrdom of Polycarp — 17:1
Pseudo-Baruch
  • The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 17:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
  • Parable 9 — 11:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

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
  • 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
  • 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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