ἈΡΧΩ, ἀρχω
ARCHŌ, archō
Sounds Like: AR-khoh
Translations: to rule, to begin, to lead, to govern, to be first, to be chief
From the root: ἈΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to rule, to begin, or to lead. It can refer to exercising authority or being in a position of leadership. It can also mean to be the first in a series or to initiate an action. For example, it can be used to say 'he rules over the people' or 'he began to speak'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G0757 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 11:387
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
- ἈΡΧΕΤΑΙ — he begins, she begins, it begins, he rules, she rules, it rules, he is begun, she is begun, it is begun
- ἈΡΧΗΤΑΙ — be ruled, be governed, be led, be begun
- ἈΡΧΟΜΕΝΗΝ — beginning, starting, a beginning, a starting
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