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Koine Greek wordlink #90541

SR GNT Acts 11:4 ἀρξάμενος (arxamenos) ‘having begun but Petros was explaining’ Strongs=7570 Lemma=arχō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=middle case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=41 AD Event=Peter_defends_Gentile_salvation TimeSeries=Peter_defends_Gentile_salvation Refers to Word #90544

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Other uses (7) of identical word form ἀρξάμενος (V-PAM·NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρξάμενος’ (V-PAM·NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘having begun’.

Mat 14:30 ‘mighty he was afraid and having begun to_be_being sunk he cried_out saying’ SR GNT Mat 14:30 word 10

OET-LV: 30 But seeing the mighty wind, he _was _afraid and having _begun to _be _being _sunk, he _cried _out saying: master, save me. (MAT_14:30)

OET-RV: 30 but when he looked around at the wind, he lost his nerve and started sinking and yelled out, “Master, save me!” (MAT 14:30)

Mat 20:8 ‘to them the wage having begun from the last’ SR GNT Mat 20:8 word 20

OET-LV: 8 And having _become evening, the master of _the vineyard is _saying to _the manager of _him: Call the workers and give _back to _them the wage, having _begun from the last to the first. (MAT_20:8)

OET-RV: 8 “In the evening, the landowner instructed his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, going from the last to start until the first.’ (MAT 20:8)

Luke 23:5 ‘all the Youdaia having begun from Galilaia/(Gālīl) as_far_as’ SR GNT Luke 23:5 word 18

OET-LV: 5 But they were _insisting saying, that He _is _stirring _up the people, teaching throughout all the Youdaia, having _begun from the Galilaia/(Gālīl) as _far _as here. (LUK_23:5)

OET-RV: 5 But they kept insisting, “He’s been stirring up the people, teaching throughout all Yudea. He started in Galilee then worked his way all the way down here.” (LUK 23:5)

Luke 24:27 ‘and having begun from Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and’ SR GNT Luke 24:27 word 3

OET-LV: 27 And having _begun from Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and from all the prophets, he _interpreted all the scriptures to _them in the things concerning himself. (LUK_24:27)

OET-RV: 27 Then starting with Mosheh and going through all the prophets, he explained the scriptures to them concerning what had been written about him there. (LUK 24:27)

Acts 1:22 ‘having begun from the immersion’ SR GNT Acts 1:22 word 1

OET-LV: 22 having _begun from the immersion of _Yōannaʸs until the day in _which he _was _taken _up from us, a_witness of _the resurrection of _him with us, to _become one of _these. (ACT_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 from Yeshua’s immersion by Yohan until the day that he was lifted up from us into the clouds—a witness of the resurrection—to fill this position. (ACT 1:22)

Acts 8:35 ‘mouth of him and having begun from scripture this’ SR GNT Acts 8:35 word 9

OET-LV: 35 And the Filippos having _opened _up the mouth of _him, and having _begun from the this scripture, he _good _message _preached the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) to _him. (ACT_8:35)

OET-RV: 35 So Philip started with that passage and explained the good message about Yeshua to him. (ACT 8:35)

Acts 10:37 ‘throughout all Youdaia having begun from Galilaia/(Gālīl) after’ SR GNT Acts 10:37 word 12

OET-LV: 37 You _all have _known the message having _become throughout all the Youdaia, having _begun from the Galilaia/(Gālīl), after the immersion that Yōannaʸs proclaimed, (ACT_10:37)

OET-RV: 37 And you all know the news that started in Galilee and spread through all Yudea after the time of Yohan’s teaching and ministry of immersion— (ACT 10:37)

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 (5) other than ἀρξάμενος (V-PAM·NMS) with a gloss related to ‘begun’

YHN 8:9 ἀρξάμενοι (arxamenoi) V-PAM·NMP ‘one by one having begun from the older ones’ SR GNT Yhn 8:9 word 17

OET-LV: 9  (JHN_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 ◘ (JHN 8:9)

MAT 18:24 ἀρξαμένου (arxamenou) V-PAM·GMS ‘having begun and of him to_be settling_accounts’ SR GNT Mat 18:24 word 1

OET-LV: 24 And of _him having _begun to _be _settling _accounts, one a_debtor of _ten _thousand talantons_of _silver was _brought to _him. (MAT_18:24)

OET-RV: 24 So when he began the process, a man was brought in who owed him millions, (MAT 18:24)

LUKE 24:47 ἀρξάμενον (arxamenon) V-PAM·NNS ‘all the nations having begun from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)’ SR GNT Luke 24:47 word 19

OET-LV: 47 and the name of _him to _be _proclaimed in repentance for forgiveness of _sins to all the nations, having _begun from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim). (LUK_24:47)

OET-RV: 47 and that his name will be proclaimed as the authority to forgive the sins of the people when they repent—people from every country beginning here in Yerushalem. (LUK 24:47)

GAL 3:3 Ἐναρξάμενοι (Enarxamenoi) V-PAM·NMP Lemma=enarχomai ‘thus foolish you_all are having begun in the spirit now in the flesh’ SR GNT Gal 3:3 word 4

OET-LV: 3 Thus you _all _are foolish? Having _begun in_the_spirit, now you _all _are _accomplishing in_the_flesh? (GAL_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 So aren’t you being foolish? Having begun in the spirit, now you people are focussing back on bodily discipline. (GAL 3:3)

PHP 1:6 ἐναρξάμενος (enarxamenos) V-PAM·NMS Lemma=enarχomai ‘this that the one having begun in you_all a work’ SR GNT Php 1:6 word 6

OET-LV: 6 having _persuaded same thing this, that the one having _begun in you _all a_work good, will _be _accomplishing it until the_day of_chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous, (PHP_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 I’m sure of this: that the one who started a good work in you all will ensure that it’s continued through to the day of the return of Messiah Yeshua. (PHP 1:6)

Key: V=verb