noun · feminine

archas

Greekἀρχή (archē)

Strong’sG746

ruler, beginning

stem arch-55 times in the New Testamentin 17 of 27 books7 of 10 forms occur

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archas“beginning”subjectnominative singular7×

Matthew 24:8“beginning”panteim de houteim archas ōdinaiu.All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Mark 1:1“beginning”Archas teu euangelieu Iēsu christou.This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 13:8“beginning”egeiriti gar ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, eli seismois kata topoin, eli limois; archas ōdinaiu houteim.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Colossians 1:18“beginning”kai autos atō tas kefalas teu sōmeu tau ekklēsau; hos atō archas, prōtotokos ek toiu nekroiu, hina gineteia en pantei autos prōteuarōtos,And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Revelation 3:14“beginning”Kai to angelo tau en Laodikeia ekklēsau grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos Amēn, tos marturos tos pistos kai alēthinos, tas archas tau ktisiau tou theou;To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

Revelation 21:6“beginning”kai legata mi; Ginalē. mis tem Alfa kai tem Ō, tas archas kai tem telem. mis to dipsarōto dōami ek tau pēgau teu hudōreu tau zōau dōreōs.And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 22:13“beginning”mis tem Alfa kai tem Ō, tos prōtos kai tos eschatos, tas archas kai tem telem.I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

archan“beginning”objectaccusative singular7×

John 2:11“first”houtan poiata archan teiu sēmeiu tos Iēsus en Kana tau Galilaiau kai fanerata tan doxan autou, kai pisteuala eis auton tois mathētois autou.Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

John 8:25“beginning”legale oun auto; Sis tinos asō? legata autoi tos Iēsus; Tan archan hem tinem kai lalamō vi?“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

1 Corinthians 15:24“rule”eita tem telem, hotan paradōateiō tan basileian to theo kai patēro, hotan katargateia pantan archan kai pantan exousian kai dunamian,Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

Hebrews 2:3“first”pōs nis ekfeugeni tēlikoutau amelaratois sōtērēau, hotinas, archan lambaratas lalirō dia tou kuriou, hupo toiu akouaratoiu eis nin bebaiita,how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Hebrews 3:14“beginning”metochois gar tou Christou ginanē, eanper tan archan tau hupostasiau mechris teleu bebaian katechaneia.We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

Hebrews 7:3“beginning”apatōros, amētōros, agenealogētos, mēte archan hēmeraiu mēte zōau telem echarōtos, afomoiirētos de to huio tou theou, menatō hierevos eis tem diēnekem.Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

Jude 1:6“position”angeloin tē toin mē tēraratoin tan heautoiu archan alla apoleiparatoin tem idiem oikētēriem eis krisian megau hēmerau desmoi aidioi hupo zofon tēratē;And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling— these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

archau“beginning”of, belonging togenitive singular26×

Matthew 19:4“beginning”tos de apokriniratos legata; Ouk anaginōskava hoti tos ktizaratos apo archau arsēnem kai thēluem poiata autoinJesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

Matthew 19:8“beginning”legatō autoi hoti Mōusos pros tan sklērokardian vu epitrepata vi apoluara tain gunaikain vu, apo archau de ouk ginatē houtōs.Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 24:21“beginning”eti gar tote thlipsias megas hoias ouk ginatē apo archau kosmou heōs tou nun oude ouk mē gineteia.For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Mark 10:6“beginning”apo de archau ktisiau arsēnem kai thēluem poiata autoin;However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

Mark 13:19“beginning”eli gar tais hēmerais ekeinais thlipsias hoias ouk ginatē toioutas apo archau ktisiau han ktizata tos theos heōs tou nun kai ouk mē gineteia.For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.

Luke 1:2“beginning”kathōs paradōala ni tois apo archau autoptois kai hupēretois gineratois tou logou,just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

John 6:64“beginning”alla alō ek vu tinois hois ouk pisteualō. oidatelē gar ek archau tos Iēsus tinois alō tois mē pisteuarōtois kai tinos atō tos paradōaritos auton.However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)

John 8:44“beginning”vis ek tou patērou tou diabolou avō kai tain epithumiain tou patērou vu thelavō poiarō. ekeinos anthrōpoktonos ate apo archau, kai en ta alētheia ouk histanate, hoti ouk atō alētheias en auto. hotan lalateiō tem pseusem, ek teiu idieiu lalatō, hoti pseustos atō kai tos patēros auteu.You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 15:27“beginning”kai vis de marturavō, hoti apo archau meta mu avō.And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.[’’]

John 16:4“beginning”alla houteim lalamē vi hina hotan erchateia tas hōras auteiu mnēmoneuaveiō auteiu hoti mis legama vi. Houteim de vi ek archau ouk legama, hoti meta vu eme.But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Acts 26:4“beginning”Tan men oun biōsian mu tan ek neotau tan apo archau gineratan en te ethne mu en tē Hierosolumei oidalē pantois Ioudaiois,Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.

Ephesians 1:21“rule”huperanō pantau archau kai exousiau kai dunamiau kai kuriotau kai panteu onomeu onomazirōteu ouk monem en to aiōno houto alla kai en to mellarōto;far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

Colossians 2:10“ruler”kai avō en auto plērirētois, hos atō tas kefalas pantau archau kai exousiau,And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Hebrews 5:12“beginning”kai gar ofeilarōtois arō didaskalois dia ton chronon, palin chreian echavō teu didaskarō vin tinon teim stoicheieim tau archau teiu logieiu tou theou, kai ginavē chreian echarōtois galeu, ouk stereau trofēau.Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

Hebrews 6:1“elementary”Dio afiēkaratois ton tau archau tou Christou logon epi tan teleiotan ferineiō, mē palin themelion kataballerōtois metanoiau apo nekreiu ergeiu, kai pistiau epi theon,Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

2 Peter 3:4“beginning”kai legarōtois; Pou atō tas epangelias tau parousiau autou? apo hau gar tois patērois koimila, panteim houtōs diamenatō apo archau ktisiau.“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

1 John 1:1“beginning”Hem ate apo archau, hem akouanē, hem horanē toi ofthalmoi nu, hem theasena kai tais cheirais nu psēlafala, peri tou logou tau zōauThat which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands — this is the Word of life.

1 John 2:7“beginning”Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

1 John 2:13“beginning”grafamō vi, patēroir, hoti gnōskavē ton apo archau; grafamō vi, neaniskoir, hoti nikavē ton ponēron.I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

1 John 2:14“beginning”grafama vi, paidieim, hoti gnōskavē ton patēron; grafama vi, patēroir, hoti gnōskavē ton apo archau; grafama vi, neaniskoir, hoti ischurois avō kai tos logos tou theou en vi menatō kai nikavē ton ponēron.I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 2:24“beginning”vis hem akouava apo archau, en vi menatōr; ean en vi menateia hem apo archau akouava, kai vis en to huio kai en to patēro menavi.As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 2:24“beginning”vis hem akouava apo archau, en vi menatōr; ean en vi menateia hem apo archau akouava, kai vis en to huio kai en to patēro menavi.As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 3:8“beginning”tos poiarōtos tan hamartan ek tou diabolou atō, hoti apo archau tos diabolos hamartatō. eis houtem fanerita tos huios tou theou hina luateia teim ergeim tou diabolou.The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:11“beginning”Hoti houtas atō tas angelias han akouava apo archau, hina agapaneiō allēloin;This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

2 John 1:5“beginning”kai nun erōtamō sin, kuriar, ouk hōs entolan kainan grafarōtos si alla han echane apo archau, hina agapaneiō allēloin.And now I urge you, dear lady — not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.

2 John 1:6“beginning”kai houtas atō tas agapas, hina peripataneiō kata tain entolain autou; houtas tas entolas atō, kathōs akouava apo archau, hina en auta peripataveiō.And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

archa“beginning”to, fordative singular5×

Luke 20:20“power”Kai paratēraratois apostelala enkathetoin hupokrinerōtoin heautoin dikaioin arō, hina epilambeleia autou logou, hōste paradōara auton ta archa kai ta exousia tou hēgemōnou.So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

John 1:1“beginning”En archa ate tos logos, kai tos logos ate pros ton theon, kai theos ate tos logos.In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:2“beginning”houtos ate en archa pros ton theon.He was with God in the beginning.

Acts 11:15“beginning”en de te archera min lalarō epipiptata tem pneumem tem hagiem epi autoin hōsper kai epi nin en archa.As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

Philippians 4:15“early days”Oidavē de kai vis, Filippēsioir, hoti en archa teu euangelieu, hote exerchama apo Makedoniau, oudenas mi ekklēsas koinōnata eis logon dosiau kai lēmpsiau ei mē vis monois,And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.

archais“rulers”subjectnominative plural2×

Romans 8:38“rulers”peithimē gar hoti oute thanatos oute zōas oute angelois oute archais oute enistanarēteim oute mellarōteim oute dunamiaisFor I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

Colossians 1:16“rulers”hoti en auto ktizita teim panteim en toi ouranoi kai epi tau gēau, teim horateim kai teim aorateim, eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais eite exousiais; teim panteim dia autou kai eis auton ktizitē;For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.

archain“rulers”objectaccusative plural4×

Luke 12:11“rulers”hotan de eisferaleiō vin epi tain sunagōgain kai tain archain kai tain exousiain, mē merimnaveia pōs ē tinem apologeveia ē tinem legaveia;When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

Ephesians 6:12“rulers”hoti ouk atō ni tas palas pros haimem kai sarxan, alla pros tain archain, pros tain exousiain, pros toin kosmokratōroin teu skoteu houteu, pros teim pneumatikeim tau ponēriau en tei epouranei.For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Colossians 2:15“rulers”apekdueratos tain archain kai tain exousiain deigmatizata en parrēsia, thriambeuaratos autoin en auto.And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Hebrews 1:10“beginning”kai; Sis kata archain, kurior, tan gēan themeliasa, kai ergeim taiu cheiraiu su alō tois ouranois;And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

archai“rulers”to, fordative plural4×

Acts 10:11“corners”kai theōratō ton ouranon anoigirēton kai katabainarōtem skeuem tinem hōs othonan megan tessares archai kathiēkirōtem epi tau gēau,He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Acts 11:5“corners”Mis eme en polita Ioppa proseucherōtos kai horama en ekstasia horamem, katabainarōtem skeuem tinem hōs othonan megan tessares archai kathiēkirōtan ek tou ouranou, kai erchata achri mu;“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

Ephesians 3:10“rulers”hina gnōriziteia nun tai archai kai tai exousiai en tei epouranei dia tau ekklēsau tas polupoikilas sofias tou theou,His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Titus 3:1“rulers”Hupomimnēskasōr autoin archai exousiai hupotassirō peitharcharō, pros pantem ergem agathem hetoimoin arō,Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,