ἀρχήν
Lemma: ἀρχή
noun
noun
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Added Oct 16, 2026
Definition
beginning, origin; first principle or fundamental cause. Also “rule” or “office of command,” hence authority or magistracy.
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Grammatical Analysis
"ἀρχήν"
Case: accusative
Number: singular
Gender: feminine
Declension: 1st declension (alpha-stem; Ionic/Attic long alpha > eta in nominative/other cases: ἀρχή, ἀρχῆς; accusative ἀρχήν)
Related Forms of ἀρχή
16 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
ἀρχάς
accusative, plural, feminine
αρχῃ
dative, 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
αρχης
genitive, singular, feminine
αρχάς
accusative, plural, feminine