ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ, καταρχομενων
KATARCHOMENŌN, katarchomenōn
Sounds Like: kah-tar-KHO-meh-non
Translations: of those beginning, of those who begin, of those who have begun, of those who are beginning
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'to begin' or 'to make a beginning'. In this form, it refers to 'those who are beginning' or 'those who have begun'. It describes an action that is ongoing or has just started, often implying being the first to do something. As a genitive plural, it functions as a possessive or descriptive phrase for multiple subjects.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Genitive, Plural, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G2663 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 2:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — having begun, having made a beginning, having initiated, having started
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having begun, having made a beginning, having offered firstfruits, having sacrificed
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having begun, having started, having initiated, having made a beginning
- ΚΑΤΑΡΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having begun, of having made a beginning, of having taken the lead
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΑΙ — to begin, to make a beginning, to offer first-fruits, to be the first to do something
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — beginning, initiating, making a beginning, commencing, starting
- ΚΑΤΑΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — beginning, initiating, taking the lead, starting
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