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. | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Beginning; first principle or originating cause. Also “rule” or “office of command,” hence authority or dominion.

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Grammatical Analysis

"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."

Form analyzed: ἀρχή

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: feminine

Declension: first declension (contract -η stem; genitive singular -ῆς)

Note: As given in the lexical headword, ἀρχή is the nominative singular form; the accompanying -ῆς indicates the genitive singular ending typical of 1st-declension feminine nouns in -ή.

Related Forms of ἀρχή

12 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Archai nominative or genitive or vocative, plural, femini... αρχη nominative, singular, feminine ἀρχῆς genitive, 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 αρχι unknown

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