2001 Translation

ARCHAS, archas

Sounds Like: AR-khas

Translations: beginnings, rulers, principalities, authorities, first places

From the root: ΑΡΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the accusative plural form of the noun 'ἈΡΧΗ' (arche). It refers to beginnings, origins, or the first in a series. It can also denote positions of authority, rule, or those who hold such power, such as rulers or principalities. In some contexts, it can refer to the chief or leading elements of something.

Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0746 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 32:2

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 5:2, 5:11

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 17:168, 19:177
• Book Two — 17:168, 19:177

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 12:216, 18:259
• Book 3 — 11:266, 12:292
• Book 5 — 1:115, 8:254
• Book 13 — 12:341
• Book 15 — 3:76, 7:205
• Book 16 — 9:272
• Book 17 — 8:204
• Book 18 — 1:1, 1:3, 1:17, 2:50, 6:172
• Book 19 — 1:32, 1:157, 2:184, 2:211

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 3:34, 8:21, 11:1
• Book Five — 5:1

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:3, 22:4, 41:1, 121:3, 131:5

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 4:17

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 1:16, 2:10
• Exodus — 36:24
• Judges — 7:16, 9:43
• 1 Samuel — 11:11
• 1 Kings — 7:21
• 4 Maccabees — 8:7
• Psalms — 101:26, 118:152
• Psalms of Solomon — 2:34
• Sirach — 16:27
• Isaiah — 10:10
• Lamentations — 2:19
• Ezekiel — 29:15
• Amos — 6:1
• Nahum — 1:6, 3:10
• Enoch — 32:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 12:11
• Ephesians — 6:12
• Colossians — 2:15
• Hebrews — 1:10

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
• 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
• ἈΡΧΗΣ — of beginning, of rule, of origin, of first place, of first principle, of chief, of ruler
• 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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