Archai
Lemma: ἀρχή
noun
noun
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Added Oct 10, 2025
Definition
Beginning or origin; the first principle or starting point. It also denotes rule or sovereign authority—the office of governance or magistracy and the power by which a community is governed.
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Grammatical Analysis
"Archai"
Case: nominative or genitive or vocative
Number: plural
Gender: feminine
Related Forms of ἀρχή
13 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:
ἀρχῆς
genitive, singular, feminine
αρχη
nominative, singular, feminine
ἀρχῇ
dative, singular, feminine
αρχή
nominative, singular, feminine
αρχῃ
dative, singular, feminine
ἀρχάς
accusative, plural, feminine
αρχην
accusative, singular, feminine
ἀρχαὶ
nominative (or vocative), plural, feminine
ἀρχή
nominative, singular, feminine
ἀρχὴ
nominative, singular, feminine
ἀρχή -ῆς, ἡ; (archē), N. beginning; ruler. Hebrew equivalent: רֹאשׁ 1 (28), תְּחִלָּה (9). LTW ἀρχή (Authority), ἀρχη (Divine Beings). Rick Brannan, Ed., Lexham Research Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, 2020.
nominative, singular, feminine
Αρχή
nominative, singular, feminine
αρχι
unknown