aparchas

Strong’sG536

the first-fruits

stem aparch-9 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἀπ-αρχή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< ἀπάρχομαι, to make a beginning in sacrifice, offer first fruits), [in LXX chiefly for תְּרוּמָה, רֵאשִׁית;]

1. the beginning of a sacrifice.

2. first fruits: τοῦ φυράματος (cf. Nu 15:20), Ro 11:16. Metaph., ἀ. τοῦ πνεύματος: Ro 8:23; of Christians: Ro 16:5, I Co 16:15, II Th 2:13 (WH, mg., R, mg., txt., ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς; v. Lft., Notes, 119 f.), Ja 1:18, Re 14:4; of Christ: I Co 15:20, 23 (Cremer, 117; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G536 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-ar-khay'

a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)

Fromfrom a compound of G575 and G756;

King Jamesfirst-fruits.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἀπαρχή, ἡ,
mostly in plural ἀπαρχαί (compare ἄπαργμα):
1 beginning of a sacrifice, primal offering (of hairs cut from the forehead), ἀπαρχαὶ κόμηςRefs 5th c.BC+; later, a banquet held on this occasion, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 firstlings for sacrifice or offering, first-fruits, ἁπάντων ἀπαρχαίRefs 5th c.BC+:—so also in singular, λείας ἀ.NT+5th c.BC+
3 metaphorically, ἀπαρχαὶ τῶν ἐμῶν προσφθεγμάτωνRefs 5th c.BC+
4 tax on inheritances, Refs; tax paid by Jews, Refs 1st c.AD+
5 entrance fee, Refs 1st c.AD+
6 board of officials (compare {ἀπάρχης}), Refs
7 birth-certificate of a free person, Refs 1st c.AD+: perhaps metaphorically in NT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

firstfruits6×beginning1×first convert1×first converts1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	aparchas6×ἀπαρχὴ	aparchais
object accusative	aparchan3×ἀπαρχὴν	aparchain
direct address vocative	aparchar	aparchair
of, belonging to genitive	aparchau	aparchaiu
to, for dative	aparcha	aparchai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

aparchstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

aparcha is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

9 occurrences, every one of them listed

aparchas“firstfruits”subjectnominative singular6×

Romans 11:16“firstfruits”ei de tas aparchas hagias, kai tem furamem; kai ei …If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root …

Romans 16:5… Epaineton ton agapēton mu, hos atō aparchas tau Asiau eis Christon.… my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of …

1 Corinthians 15:20Nuni de Christos egerotē ek nekroiu, aparchas toiu koimorēntoiu.… been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:23hekastos de en te idie tagme; aparchas Christos, epeita tois tou Christou en …… in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who …

1 Corinthians 16:15… oidavē tan oikian Stefanaou, hoti atō aparchas tau Achaiau kai eis diakonian toi …… Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted …

Revelation 14:4… hupagateiō; houtois agorazila apo toiu anthrōpoiu aparchas to theo kai te arnie,… been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

aparchan“firstfruits”objectaccusative singular3×

Romans 8:23… monem de, alla kai autois tan aparchan teu pneumeu echarōntois nis kai autois …… but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as …

2 Thessalonians 2:13… kuriou, hoti haireta vin tos theos aparchan eis sōtērēan en hagiasmo pneumeu kai …… because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification …

James 1:18… logo alētheiau, eis tem arō nin aparchan tinan teiu autou ktismeiu.… we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.