ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ, καταρχομενοι
KATARCHOMENOI, katarchomenoi
Sounds Like: kah-TAR-kho-meh-noy
Translations: beginning, initiating, making a beginning, commencing, starting
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'κατά' (kata), meaning 'down' or 'according to', and 'ἄρχομαι' (archomai), meaning 'to begin' or 'to rule'. As a whole, it means 'to make a beginning', 'to initiate', or 'to commence'. It is often used to describe the first action in a series or the start of an undertaking.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2663 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — having begun, having made a beginning, having initiated, having started
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having begun, having made a beginning, having offered firstfruits, having sacrificed
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having begun, having started, having initiated, having made a beginning
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having begun, of having made a beginning, of having taken the lead
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ — to begin, to make a beginning, to offer first-fruits, to be the first to do something
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — beginning, initiating, taking the lead, starting
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those beginning, of those who begin, of those who have begun, of those who are beginning
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