For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
You are here
ἀρχή
Vocabulary form:
ajrchv, -h:V, hJ
Definition:
beginning; ruler
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
55
GK:
794
Root:
ajrch
Cognates:
The archbishop is the chief bishop over the archbishopric.
Mnemonics:
After the ark there was a new beginning.
Mnemonic Singing:
As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be
Alternate: This is my Father’s world. O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.
Verse:
“In the ἀρχή was the Word.” (John 1:1)
“When you are brought before synagogues, ἀρχή, and the authorities, do not worry.” (Luke 12:11)
Biblical Concordance
| Jude 1:6 | And the angels who did not stay within their own domain (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem) but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness for the judgment of the great day. |
| Revelation 3:14 | “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem) of God’s creation, has this to say: |
| Revelation 21:6 | And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem) and the end. To the one who thirsts I will give permission to drink free of charge from the spring of the water of life. |
| Revelation 22:13 | I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem) and the end.” |