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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 ἐγένετο ἀρχὴ τῆσ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ Βαβυλὼν καὶ Ὀρὲχ καὶ Ἀρχὰδ καὶ Χαλάννη ἐν τῇ γῇ Σεναάρ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:10)
  • Ρουβήν, πρωτότοκόσ μου, σὺ ἰσχύσ μου καὶ ἀρχὴ τέκνων μου, σκληρὸσ φέρεσθαι καὶ σκληρὸσ αὐθάδησ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:3)
  • ὁ μὴν οὗτοσ ὑμῖν ἀρχὴ μηνῶν, πρῶτόσ ἐστιν ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖσ μησὶ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:2)
  • ΕΝ ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:1)
  • καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν. ἀρχὴ ἐθνῶν Ἀμαλήκ, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν ἀπολεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:20)

Synonyms

  1. sovereignty

Similar forms

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