ἈΠΑΡΧΑΣ, ἀπαρχας
APARCHAS, aparchas
Sounds Like: ah-PAR-khas
Translations: firstfruits, first-fruits, first portion
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 to priests as a religious duty. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀπό' (apo, meaning 'from' or 'away from') and 'ἀρχή' (archē, meaning 'beginning' or 'first'). It signifies the initial part of something, often implying dedication or consecration.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0536 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:40
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 1:7
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 42:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:21
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 22:29, 23:19, 25:2, 35:5, 36:6
- Numbers — 18:1, 31:29
- Deuteronomy — 12:11, 12:17, 18:4
- 1 Samuel — 10:4
- 2 Chronicles — 31:12, 31:14
- Nehemiah — 10:39
- Judith — 11:13
- Tobit — 1:6, 1:6
- Sirach — 45:20
- Ezekiel — 20:40, 45:7
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.
- ἈΠΑΡΧΑΙΣ — firstfruits, first-fruits, a firstfruit, a first-fruit, first portion, first offering
- 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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