ἀρχή
archē · beginning, ruler
Strong's ID: 746
Lexical summary
55
NT occurrences
7
Observed forms
About this Greek word
A beginning, Mt. 24:8; an extremity, corner, or, an attached cord, Acts 10:11; 11:5; first place, headship; high estate, eminence, Jude 6; authority, Lk. 20:20; an authority, magistrate, Lk. 12:11; a principality, prince, of spiritual existence, Eph. 3:10; 6:12; ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς, ἐξ ἀρχῆς, from the first, originally, Mt. 19:4, 8; Lk. 1:2; Jn. 6:64; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Jn. 1:1; 2:7; ἐν ἀρχῇ, κατ’ ἀρχάς, in the beginning of things, Jn. 1:1, 2; Heb. 1:10; ἐν ἀρχῇ, at the first, Acts 11:15; τὴν ἀρχήν, used adverbially, wholly, altogether, Jn. 8:25
Observed NT forms
These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.
Noun declension
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NT distribution
NT Book
Book distribution counts: John: 8 occurrences; 1 John: 8 occurrences; Hebrews: 6 occurrences; Acts: 4 occurrences; Mark: 4 occurrences; Matthew: 4 occurrences; Colossians: 4 occurrences; Luke: 3 occurrences; Ephesians: 3 occurrences; Revelation: 3 occurrences; 2 John: 2 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; Titus: 1 occurrences; Romans: 1 occurrences; 2 Peter: 1 occurrences; Philippians: 1 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 1 occurrences
Author
- John21
- Paul11
- Luke7
- Hebrews6
- Mark4
- Matthew4
- Jude1
- Peter1
Author distribution counts: John: 21 occurrences; Paul: 11 occurrences; Luke: 7 occurrences; Hebrews: 6 occurrences; Mark: 4 occurrences; Matthew: 4 occurrences; Jude: 1 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences