2001 Translation

TĒNARCHĒN, tēnarchēn

Sounds Like: TAYN-ar-KAYN

Translations: the beginning, a beginning, the origin, a origin, the first, a first

From the root: ΑΡΧΗ

Part of Speech: Article, Noun

Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by the definite article 'the' (τὴν) and the noun 'beginning' (ἀρχήν). It refers to the start, origin, or initial point of something. It is used to indicate the very first part or cause of an event or state.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s numbers: G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub), G746 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Six — 4:32

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
• ἈΡΧΑΣ — beginnings, rulers, principalities, authorities, first places
• 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

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