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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)
  • ἔτι τρεῖσ ἡμέραι καὶ μνησθήσεται Φαραὼ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ σου καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει σε ἐπί τὴν ἀρχιοινοχοί̈αν σου, καὶ δώσεισ τὸ ποτήριον Φαραὼ εἰσ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχήν σου τὴν προτέραν, ὡσ ἦσθα οἰνοχοῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:13)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ἡμέρα γενέσεωσ ἦν Φαραώ, καὶ ἐποίει πότον πᾶσι τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐμνήσθη τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ οἰνοχόου καὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ σιτοποιοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:20)
  • 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

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