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Koine Greek wordlink #90758

SR GNT Acts 11:15 ἄρξασθαι (arxasthai) ‘at and the time to begin me to_be speaking fell_on’ Strongs=7570 Lemma=arχō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=middle
Year=41 AD Event=Peter_defends_Gentile_salvation TimeSeries=Peter_defends_Gentile_salvation

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἄρξασθαι (V-NAM····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἄρξασθαι’ (V-NAM····) is always and only glossed as ‘to begin’.

1 Pet 4:17 ‘because the time it_is to begin the judgement from’ SR GNT 1 Pet 4:17 word 5

OET-LV: 17 Because the time it _is which to _begin the judgement from the house of_ the _god, and if first from us, what will _be the outcome of _the ones disbelieving in _the good _message of_ the _god? (PE1_4:17)

OET-RV: 17 It’s time to begin judgement and to begin with God’s people, and if we’re judged first, what will the outcome be for those who refuse to believe in God’s good message? (PE1 4:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘arχō’ have 15 different glosses: ‘having begun’, ‘may begin’, ‘to begin’, ‘to_be ruling’, ‘he may begin’, ‘he began’, ‘she began’, ‘they will_be beginning’, ‘they began’, ‘we are beginning’, ‘you may begin’, ‘you will_be beginning’, ‘you_all may begin’, ‘began’, ‘beginning’.

Greek words (6) other than ἄρξασθαι (V-NAM····) with a gloss related to ‘begin’

MAT 24:49 ἄρξηται (arxaʸtai) V-SAM3··S ‘and he may begin to_be striking the fellow-slaves’ SR GNT Mat 24:49 word 2

OET-LV: 49 and he _may _begin to _be _striking the fellow-slaves of _him, and may _be _eating also may _be _drinking with the ones being _drunk, (MAT_24:49)

OET-RV: 49 and starts beating his fellow slaves, and spends time eating and drinking with drunkards, (MAT 24:49)

LUKE 3:8 ἄρξησθε (arxaʸsthe) V-SAM2··P ‘of repentance and not you_all may begin to_be saying in yourselves’ SR GNT Luke 3:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 Therefore produce fruits worthy of_ the _repentance, and you _all _may_ not _begin to _be _saying in yourselves, we _are _having the Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) As _father, because/for I _am _saying to _you _all that the god is _able to _raise children to_ the _Abraʼam from the these stones. (LUK_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 So then start demonstrating the qualities that show you have actually turned from your disobedience. And don’t start by telling me that you’re descendants of Abraham, because I can tell you all that God could make descendants out of these stones here. (LUK 3:8)

LUKE 12:45 ἄρξηται (arxaʸtai) V-SAM3··S ‘of me to_be coming and may begin to_be striking the servant_boys’ SR GNT Luke 12:45 word 19

OET-LV: 45 But if the that slave may _say in the heart of _him, the master of _me Is _delaying to _be _coming, and may _begin to _be _striking the servant _boys and the servant _girls, to _be _eating and/both and to _be _drinking and to _be _being _drunk, (LUK_12:45)

OET-RV: 45 In contrast, if that slave thought to himself that the master might be away for a long time, he might start beating the slave boys and slave girls, and start ordering feasts, and drinking and getting drunk, (LUK 12:45)

LUKE 13:25 ἄρξησθε (arxaʸsthe) V-SAM2··P ‘the door and you_all may begin outside to_have stood and’ SR GNT Luke 13:25 word 15

OET-LV: 25 From what time the the_home _owner wishfully may _be _raised and may _shut the door, and you _all _may _begin to _have _stood outside and to _be _knocking the door saying: Master, open _up to _us, and answering he _will _be _saying to _you _all: I _have_ not _known you _all, from _where you _all _are. (LUK_13:25)

OET-RV: 25 Once the home-owner gets up and locks the door, even if you get there now and stand outside knocking and calling out, ‘Master, open up for us,’ he’ll answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’ (LUK 13:25)

LUKE 14:9 ἄρξῃ (arxaʸ) V-SAM2··S ‘your place and then you may begin with shame the’ SR GNT Luke 14:9 word 16

OET-LV: 9 and having _come, the one having _invited you and him he _will _be _saying to _you: Give to _this one ^your_place, and then you _may _begin to _be _keeping the last place with shame. (LUK_14:9)

OET-RV: 9 and then your host might come over to you and ask you to let the other guest sit where you were, and then you might end up humiliated at the bottom of the table. (LUK 14:9)

LUKE 14:29 ἄρξωνται (arxōntai) V-SAM3··P ‘to finish it all observing it may begin at him to_be mocking’ SR GNT Luke 14:29 word 18

OET-LV: 29 In _order _that lest having _laid a_foundation of _it and not being _able to _finish it, all which observing it may _begin to _be _mocking at _him (LUK_14:29)

OET-RV: 29 Otherwise you might lay the foundation and not be able to finish it. Then everyone watching might begin to mock (LUK 14:29)

Key: V=verb