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ἀρχή

MainId: 000742000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0746

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 000742001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἀρχή
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ῆς
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἄρχω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 000742001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 68.1
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Aspect
  LEXSubDomains: Begin, Start
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: initiation of an action, process, or state of being
    Glosses: beginning
    Comments: It would also be possible to treat ἀρχή in {S:04100100100002} as indicating sequence (Domain 61), so that the contents of verse 1 could be regarded as a type of title for the following section. It seems far better, however, to regard ἀρχή in {S:04100100100002} as being closely related to what immediately follows in verse 2, so that one may translate ‘the good news about Jesus Christ the Son of God began as the prophet Isaiah had written …’
  LEXReferences: MAT 24:8, MARK 1:1, MARK 13:8, YHN 2:11, YHN 8:25, COL 1:18, HEB 3:14, HEB 6:1, 1YHN 2:24
2. LEXID: 000742001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 67.65
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Time
  LEXSubDomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Duration of Time: Beginning, End
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: a point of time at the beginning of a duration
    Glosses: ['beginning', 'to begin']
  LEXReferences: MAT 19:4, MAT 19:8, MAT 24:21, MARK 10:6, MARK 13:19, YHN 1:1, YHN 1:2, YHN 6:64, YHN 8:44, YHN 15:27, YHN 16:4, ACTs 11:15, ACTs 26:4, PHP 4:15, HEB 1:10, HEB 2:3, HEB 3:14, HEB 7:3, 2PET 3:4, 1YHN 1:1, 1YHN 2:7, 1YHN 2:13, 1YHN 2:14, 1YHN 2:24, 1YHN 3:8, 1YHN 3:11, 2YHN 1:5, 2YHN 1:6, REV 21:6, REV 22:13
3. LEXID: 000742001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 89.16
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Relations
  LEXSubDomains: Cause and/or Reason
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: one who or that which constitutes an initial cause
    Glosses: ['first cause', 'origin']
    Comments: It is also possible to understand ἀρχή in {S:06600301400040} as meaning ‘ruler’ (see {D:37.56}).
  LEXReferences: REV 3:14
4. LEXID: 000742001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.55
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: the sphere of one’s authority or rule
    Glosses: ['sphere of authority', 'limit of one’s rule']
  LEXReferences: YUD 1:6
5. LEXID: 000742001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.56
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:ἄρχω} ‘to rule,’ {D:37.54}) one who rules or governs
    Glosses: ['ruler', 'governor']
  LEXReferences: LUKE 12:11, LUKE 20:20, ROM 8:38, 1COR 15:24, EPH 1:21, TIT 3:1
6. LEXID: 000742001006000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 12.44
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: (title for supernatural forces and powers) a supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings
    Glosses: ['power', 'authority', 'lordship', 'ruler', 'wicked force']
    Comments: Some scholars have believed that it is possible to reconstruct at least in part some of the hierarchy represented by these various supernatural forces and powers, on the basis of the neoplatonic system of nine such powers arranged in three orders of three each. NT terminology and usage does not, however, lend itself to such a classification, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine what are the significant differences between these supernatural powers and forces.|In the case of {S:04900102100006} some scholars apply the terms in question both to the supernatural and to the human sphere, thus emphasizing the totality of Christ’s rule. This has a considerable measure of justification in view of the concepts held by persons in the ancient world, since various earthly powers were supposed to reflect corresponding supernatural powers.|For the most part, translators have endeavored to render the various terms in somewhat different ways, for example, ἐξουσία as ‘authority’; δύναμις as ‘power’; κυριότης as ‘ruler’; and phrases such as τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις as ‘wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world.’ In a number of languages, however, there are simply not enough terms to designate various kinds of powers, authorities, and forces which could be employed in speaking of such supernatural impersonal powers. Accordingly, some translators have simply used a phrase such as ‘any and all kinds of supernatural powers.’ Where it is possible to make certain lexical distinctions between terms and phrases, this, of course, should be done, but in a number of contexts this may be impossible, and accordingly, some explanation in a marginal note may be required if the reader is to understand satisfactorily the intent of the passages in question.|In some instances a measure of meaning may be obtained by somewhat paraphrastic expressions. For example, Ephesians 2:2 is rendered in some languages as ‘at that time you lived in the way in which the spirit that governs this world dictated you should live. This is the way the one who rules over the power in space commanded you to live. This is the very spirit that now commands the people who disobey God.’
  LEXReferences: ROM 8:38, EPH 1:21, EPH 3:10, EPH 6:12, COL 1:16, COL 2:10, COL 2:15
7. LEXID: 000742001007000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 58.20
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Nature, Class, Example
  LEXSubDomains: Basic Principles or Features Defining the Nature of Something
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: elementary and preliminary aspects defining the nature of something
    Glosses: ['elementary aspect', 'simple truth']
    Comments: Compare also the occurrence of ἀρχή[g] in {S:05800501200038} in which it serves to reinforce the meaning of στοιχεῖα (see {D:58.19}).
  LEXReferences: LUKE 1:2, HEB 5:12, HEB 6:1
8. LEXID: 000742001008000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 79.106
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Features of Objects
  LEXSubDomains: Shapes
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-17 11:59:27
    DefinitionShort: the corner of a two-dimensional object, such as a sheet of cloth
    Glosses: corner
  LEXReferences: ACTs 10:11, ACTs 11:5