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Name of God’s Son

ἈΠΑΡΧΑΙΣ, ἀπαρχαις

APARCHAIS, aparchais

Sounds Like: ah-par-KHAIS

Translations: firstfruits, first-fruits, a firstfruit, a first-fruit, first portion, first offering

From the root: ἈΠΑΡΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the first portion of a harvest or offering, typically given to God or a deity as a sign of gratitude and dedication. It signifies the initial and best part of something, often implying a consecration or dedication of the whole. It is used in contexts of religious offerings and also metaphorically to describe the beginning or earliest part of something.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0536 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΑΡΧΗ.

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.

  • ἈΠΑΡΧΑΣ — firstfruits, first-fruits, first portion
  • ἈΠΑΡΧΗ — firstfruits, a firstfruit, first portion, first offering
  • ἈΠΑΡΧΗΝ — firstfruit, a firstfruit, first-fruits, an offering of first-fruits
  • ἈΠΑΡΧΗΣ — of firstfruits, of a first offering, of a first portion, of the firstfruits, of the first offering, of the first portion
  • ἈΠΑΡΧΩΝ — of firstfruits, of the firstfruits, of first offerings, of the first offerings

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