ΩΣἨΡΞΑΤΟ, ωσἠρξατο
ŌSĒRXATO, ōsērxato
Sounds Like: HOHS-er-KSAH-toh
Translations: as it began, as it was begun, how it began, how it was begun
From the root: ΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the conjunction "ὡς" (hōs), meaning "as" or "how," and the verb "ἤρξατο" (ērxato), which is the third person singular aorist indicative middle/passive of "ἄρχομαι" (archomai), meaning "to begin" or "to be led." Therefore, the combined word means "as it began" or "how it was begun." It describes the manner or time in which an action started.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Aorist, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s numbers: G5613 (Lookup on BibleHub), G757 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΗΝ — beginning, having begun, starting, having started, a beginning one, a starting one
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΝ — beginning, having begun, to begin, to rule, to be ruler
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — beginning, having begun, to begin, to have begun
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΩ — to begin, to rule, to be first, to lead, to make a beginning, to have begun
- ἈΡΞΑΣΘΕ — begin, start, commence
- ἈΡΞΗΣΘΕ — you will begin, you will start, you will commence
- ἈΡΞΟΝΤΑΙ — they will begin, they will start, they will rule, they will govern
- ἈΡΞΩΜΕΘΑ — let us begin, we may begin, we should begin
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — beginning, those who are beginning, those who are ruled, those who are governed, subjects
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — beginning, being begun, ruling, being ruled, of beginning, of ruling
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΩ — beginning, ruling, being ruled, those who are ruled, those who are governed, subjects
- ΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — beginning, having begun, starting, having started
- ΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having begun, of beginning, of having ruled, of ruling
- ΑΡΞΟΝΤΑΙ — they will begin, they will start
- ΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ — I begin, I commence, I make a beginning, I am about to
- ΑΡΧΟΜΕ — beginning, starting, commencing, leading, ruling, governing
- ΑΡΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we begin, we are beginning, we set out, we make a beginning
- ΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — beginning, of those beginning, of those who begin, of those who are beginning, of those who are ruled, of those who are led
- ἨΡΓΜΑΙ — I have begun, I have started, I have ruled, I have governed
- ἨΡΞΑΜΗΝ — I began, I started
- ἨΡΞΑΤΟ — began, started
- ΗΡΚΤΟ — had begun, had been begun, had been ruled, had been led
- ΗΡΞΑΜ‾Η‾ — I began, I started
- ΗΡΞΑΝΤΟ — they began, they started
- ΤΟΙΣἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who began, (to) those who started, (to) those who led
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