Αρχή
Lemma: ἀρχή
noun
noun
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Definition
Beginning, origin, or first principle; also “rule” or “office of command,” hence authority or magistracy. By extension, the starting-point in time or the initial element in a sequence or argument.
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Grammatical Analysis
"Αρχή"
Case: nominative
Number: singular
Gender: feminine
Declension: 1st declension (alpha-stem; Attic-Ionic type with long -η in the nominative singular)
Related Forms of ἀρχή
18 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:
ἀρχῆς
genitive, singular, feminine
αρχη
nominative, singular, feminine
Archai
nominative or genitive or vocative, plural, femini...
ἀρχῇ
dative, singular, feminine
αρχή
nominative, singular, feminine
αρχην
accusative, singular, feminine
ἀρχαὶ
nominative (or vocative), plural, feminine
ἀρχάς
accusative, plural, feminine
αρχῃ
dative, singular, 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
αρχι
unknown
αρχης
genitive, singular, feminine
ἀρχήν
accusative, singular, feminine
ἀρχαῖς
dative, plural, feminine
αρχάς
accusative, plural, feminine
ἀρχὰς
accusative, plural, feminine