ἈΡΧΕΤΑΙ, ἀρχεται
ARCHETAI, archetai
Sounds Like: ar-KHE-tai
Translations: he begins, she begins, it begins, he rules, she rules, it rules, he is begun, she is begun, it is begun
From the root: ἈΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to begin' or 'to rule'. It is often used to indicate the start of an action or a period, or to describe someone exercising authority. It can be used in both a middle voice sense (to begin oneself) or a passive voice sense (to be begun).
Inflection: Third person singular, Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive
Strong’s number: G0756 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 18:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΧΩ.
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.
- ἈΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) beginning, (of) having begun, (of) starting
- ἈΡΞΗ — you will begin, you will rule, you will lead
- ἈΡΞΗΤΑΙ — begin, rule, govern, lead
- ἈΡΧΕΙΝ — to rule, to govern, to lead, to begin, to be first
- ἈΡΧΕΙΣ — you rule, you reign, you govern, you lead
- ἈΡΧΗΤΑΙ — be ruled, be governed, be led, be begun
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΗΝ — beginning, starting, a beginning, a starting
- ἈΡΧΩ — to rule, to begin, to lead, to govern, to be first, to be chief
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