ἀρχή

G0746 G:N-F

beginning

ἀρχή , -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for קֶדֶם, רֹאשׁ, רֹאשׁ, etc. ;] __1. beginning, origin ; __(a) absol., of the beginning of all things: of God as the Eternal, the First Cause, Rev.21:6 (cf. 18); similarly, of Christ, Rev.22:13; of Christ as the uncreated principle, the active cause of creation, Rev.3:14; in his relation to the Church, Col.1:18; ἐν ἀ., Jhn.1:1-2; ἀπ᾽ ἀ. (and ἀπ᾽ ἀ. κτισεως), Mat.19:4, 8 24:21 , Mrk.10:6 13:19 , Jhn.8:44 , 2Th.2:13 , 2Pe.3:4 , 1Jn.1:1 Jn 2:13-14 Jn 2:24 ; κατ ἀρχἀς, Heb.1:10; __(b) relatively : Heb.7:3; ἀ. ὠδίνων, Mat.24:8 , Mrk.13:9 ; τ. σημείων, Jhn.2:11; τ. ὑποστάσεως, Heb.3:14; τ. λογίων, Heb.5:12; ὁ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγος, the account of the beginning, the elementary view of Christ, Heb.6:1; ἀρχὴν λαμβάνειν, to begin, Heb.2:3; ἐξ ἀ., Jhn.6:64 16:4 ; ἀπ᾽ ἀ., Luk.1:2 , Jhn.15:27 , 1Jn.2:7 Jn 2:24 Jn 3:11 , 2Jn.5-6 ; ἐν ἀ., Act.11:15 26:4 , Php.4:15 ; τὴν ἀρχήν, adverbially, at all (Hdt., al.; v MM, see word): Jhn.8:25. __2. an extremity, a corner : Act.10:11 11:5 . __3. sovereignty, principality, rule (cf. DB , i, 616 f.): Luk.12:11 20:20 , Rom.8:38 , 1Co.15:24 , Eph.1:21 3:10 6:12 , Col.1:16 2:10, 15 Tit.3:1 , Ju 6 (Cremer, 113).† (AS)