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ἀρχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχή ἀρχῆς

Structure: ἀρχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rxw

Sense

  1. beginning, origin
  2. sovereignty, dominion, authority

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ Ἐλεάζαρ ὁ τοῦ Ἀαρὼν ἔλαβε τῶν θυγατέρων Φουτιὴλ αὐτῷ γυναῖκα, καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ τὸν Φινεέσ. αὗται αἱ ἀρχαὶ πατριᾶσ Λευιτῶν κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 6:25)
  • καὶ ἐσάλπισαν αἱ τρεῖσ ἀρχαὶ ἐν ταῖσ κερατίναισ καὶ συνέτριψαν τὰσ ὑδρίασ καὶ ἐκράτησαν ἐν χερσὶν ἀριστεραῖσ αὐτῶν τὰσ λαμπάδασ καὶ ἐν χερσὶ δεξιαῖσ αὐτῶν τὰσ κερατίνασ τοῦ σαλπίζειν καὶ ἀνέκραξαν. ρομφαία τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ Γεδεών. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 7:20)
  • καὶ Ἀβιμέλεχ καὶ οἱ ἀρχηγοὶ οἱ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐξέτειναν καὶ ἔστησαν παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆσ πύλησ τῆσ πόλεωσ, καὶ αἱ δύο ἀρχαὶ ἐξέτειναν ἐπὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:44)
  • ἐμοὶ δὲ λίαν ἐτιμήθησαν οἱ φίλοι σου, ὁ Θεόσ, λίαν ἐκραταιώθησαν αἱ ἀρχαὶ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 138:17)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐρεῖ. ἀκούσατε δὴ ταῦτα, αἱ ἀρχαὶ οἴκου Ἰακὼβ καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. οὐχ ὑμῖν ἐστι τοῦ γνῶναι τὸ κρίμα̣ (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. sovereignty

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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