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SR GNT Eph 1:21 ἀρχῆς (arⱪaʸs) ‘above every rule and authority and’ Strongs=7460 Lemma=arχē
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Other uses (26) of identical word form ἀρχῆς (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρχῆς’ (N-GFS) has 3 different glosses: ‘the beginning’, ‘beginning’, ‘rule’.

Yhn (Jhn) 6:64 ‘had known for from the beginning Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) who_all are’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:64 word 17

OET-LV: 64 But there _are some, of you _all who are_ not _believing. For/Because the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) had _known from the_beginning, who _all are the ones not believing, and who is the one going _to _give_ him _over. (JHN_6:64)

OET-RV: 64 But there are some here who don’t believe me.” Actually, Yeshua had already known from the beginning just who would believe and which person would betray him (JHN 6:64)

Yhn (Jhn) 8:44 ‘a murderer was from the beginning and in the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:44 word 20

OET-LV: 44 You _all are of the father the devil, and you _all _are _wanting to _be _doing the desires of _the father of _you _all. That one was a_murderer from the_beginning, and has_ not _stood in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he _may _be _speaking the falsehood, he _is _speaking from his own, because he _is a_liar, and the father of _it. (JHN_8:44)

OET-RV: 44 is because you come from your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father wants. But he was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stick to the truth because there’s no truth in him. Whenever he tells lies, he’s speaking from his own nature, because he’s a liar and the source of lying. (JHN 8:44)

Yhn (Jhn) 15:27 ‘are testifying because from the beginning with me you_all are’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 15:27 word 7

OET-LV: 27 Also and you _all are _testifying, because you _all _are with me from the_beginning. (JHN_15:27)

OET-RV: 27 You also will be able to tell the truth about me because you all were with me from the beginning. (JHN 15:27)

Yhn (Jhn) 16:4 ‘but to you_all from the beginning not I said because’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 16:4 word 23

OET-LV: 4 But I _have _spoken these things to _you _all, in _order _that whenever the hour of _them may _come, you _all _may _be _remembering that I told to _you _all about _them. But these things I_ not _said to _you _all from the_beginning, because I _was with you _all. (JHN_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 I’ve told you these things so that when they happen in the future, you’ll remember that I’ve already told you about them.
¶ “I didn’t tell you all of this right at the beginning because I was with you all, (JHN 16:4)

Mark 10:6 ‘from but the beginning of creation male and’ SR GNT Mark 10:6 word 3

OET-LV: 6 but from the_beginning of _creation, he _made them male and female. (MRK_10:6)

OET-RV: 6 but God made both men and women right at the beginning. (MRK 10:6)

Mark 13:19 ‘has become such from the beginning of creation which created’ SR GNT Mark 13:19 word 16

OET-LV: 19 For/Because the those days will _be tribulation, such _as has_ not _become such, from the_beginning of _creation which the god created, until the time now, and by _no _means may_ not _become. (MRK_13:19)

OET-RV: 19 because those days will be terrible like nothing that’s ever happened before, all the way back to when God created the world right until the present time, and won’t ever happen again. (MRK 13:19)

Mat 19:4 ‘he having made them from beginning male and female’ SR GNT Mat 19:4 word 13

OET-LV: 4 And which answering he _said: You _all_ not _read that he having _made them from beginning: made them male and female? (MAT_19:4)

OET-RV: 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that God made them male and female from the beginning? (MAT 19:4)

Mat 19:8 ‘wives of you_all from the beginning but not it has become’ SR GNT Mat 19:8 word 22

OET-LV: 8 He _is _saying to _them, that For/Because the hard _heart of _you _all, Mōsaʸs permitted to _you _all to _send _away the wives of _you _all, but from the_beginning it _has_ not _become thus. (MAT_19:8)

OET-RV: 8 “It was because of your hard hearts that Mosheh allowed you to send away your wife,” Yeshua answered, “but it wasn’t like that at the beginning. (MAT 19:8)

Mat 24:21 ‘not has become from beginning of the world until the time’ SR GNT Mat 24:21 word 11

OET-LV: 21 For/Because then will _be great tribulation, such _as has_ not _become from beginning of_the_world until the time now, nor by _no _means may_ not _become. (MAT_24:21)

OET-RV: 21 This will be followed by incredible troubles like nothing that has been observed in this world from creation until the present time, and which won’t happen like that again— (MAT 24:21)

Luke 1:2 ‘to us the ones from the beginning eyewitnesses and attendants’ SR GNT Luke 1:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 as the ones from the_beginning, having _become eyewitnesses and attendants of _the message, gave_ them _over to _us, (LUK_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 as the ones who were eyewitnesses and hearers of these accounts from the beginning handed them over to us. (LUK 1:2)

Acts 26:4 ‘from youth from the beginning having become among the’ SR GNT Acts 26:4 word 11

OET-LV: 4 Therefore indeed the livelihood of _me, from youth which from the_beginning having _become among the nation of _me and in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), all Youdaiōns have _known, (ACT_26:4)

OET-RV: 4 “All the Jews know about my early life, from my upbringing in my own country and then in Yerushalem. (ACT 26:4)

Col 2:10 ‘the head of all rule and authority’ SR GNT Col 2:10 word 13

OET-LV: 10 and you _all _are having _been _fulfilled in him, who is the head of _all rule and authority, (COL_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 and you also have been completed and are in him. He is the head of all rule and authority. (COL 2:10)

2 Th 2:13 ‘you_all god from the beginning to salvation in’ SR GNT 2 Th 2:13 word 23

OET-LV: 13 But we ought to _be _giving _thanks to_ the _god always concerning you _all, brothers having _been _loved by the_master, that chose you _all the god, from the_beginning to salvation in the_holiness of_the_spirit and faith of_the_truth, (TH2_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 But brothers and sisters, we here should always be thanking God for you who were loved by Yahweh. From the beginning God chose you for salvation in the holiness of the spirit and faith in the truth (TH2 2:13)

Heb 5:12 ‘the principles of the beginning of the oracles of god’ SR GNT Heb 5:12 word 19

OET-LV: 12 For/Because even ought to _be teachers because _of the time, again need you _all _are _having of _the one to _be _teaching you _all, someone the principles of _the beginning of _the oracles of_ the _god, and you _all _have _become need having of _milk, not of _solid food. (HEB_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 Yes, because you all ought to be teachers by now, yet you still need to have someone teaching you the basics of God’s ways and you’ve become like those who need milk instead of solid food. (HEB 5:12)

Heb 6:1 ‘having left the of the beginning of the chosen_one/messiah message’ SR GNT Heb 6:1 word 5

OET-LV: 6 Therefore having _left the of _the beginning of _the chosen _one /messiah message, to the perfection we _may _be _being _brought, not again a_foundation laying _down of _repentance from dead works, and faith in god, (HEB_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 So then, having left the basics of the messiah’s message, we should move on towards maturity—not repeating the foundations of repenting from useless religious actions and faith in God, (HEB 6:1)

2 Pet 3:4 ‘thus is continuing from the beginning of creation’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:4 word 20

OET-LV: 4 and saying: Where is the promise of _the coming of _him? From for that time the fathers were _fallen _asleep, all things is _continuing thus from the_beginning of _creation. (PE2_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 and saying, “What about his promised return? Everything has just continued as usual from the beginning of creation right past the time when the ancestors died. (PE2 3:4)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 1:1 ‘what was from the beginning what we have heard what’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 1:1 word 4

OET-LV: 1 What was from the_beginning, what we _have _heard, what we _have _seen with _the eyes of _us, what we _saw, and the hands of _us touched, concerning the message of_ the _life, (JN1_1:1)

OET-RV: 13 1-3We are reporting to you and testifying about what existed from the beginning: Yeshua the messiah and son of God. We heard him, we saw him with our own eyes, and we touched him with our own hands. Concerning the message of life, we can also report and testify to you that that life was revealed—he is the eternal life that was with the father and was revealed to us. We report what we’ve seen and what we’ve heard so that you all also can have fellowship with us, and our fellowship is with the father and with his son. (JN1 1:1)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:7 ‘which you_all were having from the beginning the command old’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:7 word 14

OET-LV: 7 Beloved, I _am_ not _writing a_ new _command to _you _all, but an_ old _command, which you _all _were _having from the_beginning. The the old command is the message that you _all _heard. (JN1_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 Dear friends, I’m not writing a new rule for you all, but reminding you of an old rule that you had from the beginning. This old rule is the message that you all heard. (JN1 2:7)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:13 ‘you_all have known the one from the beginning I am writing to you_all young_men’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:13 word 8

OET-LV: 13 I _am _writing to _you _all, fathers, because you _all _have _known the one from the_beginning. I _am _writing to _you _all, young _men, because you _all _have _overcome the evil one. (JN1_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 I’m writing to you fathers because you have known the messiah from the beginning. (JN1 2:13)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:14 ‘you_all have known the one from the beginning I wrote to you_all young_men’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:14 word 17

OET-LV: 14 I _wrote to _you _all, little _children, because you _all _have _known the father. I _wrote to _you _all, fathers, because you _all _have _known the one from the_beginning. I _wrote to _you _all, young _men, because you _all _are strong ones, and the message of_ the _god is _remaining in you _all, and you _all _have _overcome the evil one. (JN1_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 I wrote to you new believers because you have know the father. I wrote to you fathers because you have known the messiah from the beginning. I wrote to you young men because you are strong and God’s message lives in you and you have overcome the evil one. (JN1 2:14)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:24 ‘what you_all heard from the beginning in you_all it let_be remaining’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:24 word 7

OET-LV: 24 You _all, what you _all _heard from the_beginning, let _it _be _remaining in you _all. If it _may _remain in you _all what you _all _heard from the_beginning, you _all also will _be _remaining in the son and in the father. (JN1_2:24)

OET-RV: 24 What you all heard from the beginning, that’s what you should hold to. If the message that you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you also will remain in the son and in the father, (JN1 2:24)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:24 ‘it may remain what from the beginning you_all heard also you_all’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:24 word 18

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 3:8 ‘is because from the beginning the devil is sinning’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 3:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 The one practicing the sin, is of the devil, because the devil is _sinning from the_beginning. The son of_ the _god was _revealed for this, in _order _that he _may _destroy the works of _the devil. (JN1_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 Anyone who regularly sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. (JN1 3:8)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 3:11 ‘that you_all heard from the beginning that we may_be loving one_another’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 3:11 word 10

OET-LV: 11 Because this is the message that you _all _heard from the_beginning, that we _may _be _loving one _another, (JN1_3:11)

OET-RV: 11 Yes, this is the message that you all heard from the beginning: to be loving each other— (JN1 3:11)

2 Yhn (2 Yohan or 2 Jhn) 1:5 ‘what we were having from the beginning that we may_be loving one_another’ SR GNT 2 Yhn (2 Yohan or 2 Jhn) 1:5 word 19

OET-LV: 5 And now I _am _asking you, mistress, not as writing a_ new _command, to _you, but what we _were _having from the_beginning, that we _may _be _loving one _another. (JN2_1:5)

OET-RV: 5 So now I’m requesting you, lady, (not making some new command, but one that we’ve had since the beginning) that we all need to love each other (JN2 1:5)

2 Yhn (2 Yohan or 2 Jhn) 1:6 ‘as you_all heard from the beginning that in same’ SR GNT 2 Yhn (2 Yohan or 2 Jhn) 1:6 word 26

OET-LV: 6 And this is the love: that we _may _be _walking according _to the commands of _him. This is the command, as you _all _heard from the_beginning, that you _all _may _be _walking in same. (JN2_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 where the definition of love is obeying God’s commands. This is the command about walking in love that you all heard from the beginning (JN2 1:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘arχē’ have 8 different glosses: ‘a beginning’, ‘the beginning’, ‘the beginnings’, ‘to rulers’, ‘beginning’, ‘corners’, ‘rule’, ‘rulers’.

Greek words (2) other than ἀρχῆς (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘rule’

LUKE 20:20 ἀρχῇ (arⱪaʸ) N-DFS ‘to give_over him to the rule and authority of the’ SR GNT Luke 20:20 word 26

OET-LV: 20 And having _watched _closely, they _sent _out spies pretending themselves to _be righteous, in _order _that they _may _catch of _him a_statement, so _that to _give_ him _over to _the rule and the authority of _the governor. (LUK_20:20)

OET-RV: 20 So after watching Yeshua closely, they sent agents who pretended to be genuine inquirers so that they could catch him out on some careless statement, and then they could hand him over to the rule and authority of the Roman governor. (LUK 20:20)

YUD 1:6 ἀρχήν (arⱪaʸn) N-AFS ‘having kept the of themselves rule but having left_behind their’ SR GNT Yud 1:6 word 9

OET-LV: 6 And the_messengers which not having _kept the rule of _themselves, but having _left _behind their own dwelling, has _kept in_ eternal _bonds under darkness to the_judgement of_the_great day. (JDE_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 Even the messengers who broke their own rules and left their own domain have been held in eternal chains in the darkness until the time of judgement in the great day. (JDE 1:6)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular