ΑΠΑΡΧΗ, απαρχη
APARCHĒ, aparchē
Sounds Like: ah-PAR-khay
Translations: firstfruits, a firstfruit, first-fruit, first-produce, first-offering
From the root: ΑΠΑΡΧΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the first portion of a harvest or produce that is collected and offered, often as a religious offering to God. It signifies the initial part of something, which then consecrates the whole. It can also refer to the first converts in a region, symbolizing them as the initial offering from that area.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0536 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΑΡΧΗ.
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.
- ἈΠΑΡΧΉ — firstfruits, first-fruits, first-fruit, a first-fruit, beginning, offering
- ἈΠΑΡΧΑΙ — firstfruits, first-fruits, first-produce, first-offerings
- ΑΠΑΡΧΑΙ — firstfruits, first-fruits, first-fruit, a first-fruit, (of) firstfruits
- ΑΠΑΡΧΗΝ — firstfruits, a firstfruits, first-fruit, an offering of firstfruits, (the) firstfruits
- ΑΠΑΡΧΗΣ — (of) firstfruits, (of) a firstfruit, (of) the first part, (of) the beginning
- ΑΠΑΡΧΩΜΑΤΩΝ — of firstfruits, of the firstfruits, of the first-fruits, of the first offering, of the first-offering
- ΑΠΑΡΧΩΝ — of firstfruits, of the firstfruits, of the first-fruits
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