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Koine Greek wordlink #154864

SR GNT Yud 1:6 ἀρχήν (arⱪaʸn) ‘having kept the of themselves rule but having left_behind their’ Strongs=7460 Lemma=arχē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=66 AD

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Other uses (6) of identical word form ἀρχήν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρχήν’ (N-AFS) has 3 different glosses: ‘a beginning’, ‘beginning’, ‘rule’.

Yhn (Jhn) 2:11 ‘this did beginning of the signs Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 This beginning of _the signs the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) did in Kana the of _Galilaia/(Gālīl), and revealed the glory of _him, and the apprentices/followers of _him believed in him. (JHN_2:11)

OET-RV: 11 This event in Cana, Galilee, was the first of the miracles that Yeshua did, and it revealed his greatness and his followers believed that he was from God. (JHN 2:11)

Yhn (Jhn) 8:25 ‘to them Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) from the beginning what something also’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:25 word 18

OET-LV: 25 Therefore they _were _saying to _him: Who are you? The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to _them: From _the beginning what something I _am _speaking also to _you _all? (JHN_8:25)

OET-RV: 25 “So who are you?” they asked.
¶ And he answered, “Still just the same as I’ve been telling you from the beginning. (JHN 8:25)

1 Cor 15:24 ‘when he may nullify all beginning and all authority’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:24 word 20

OET-LV: 24 thereafter the end, when he _may _be _giving _over the kingdom the to_god even the_father, when he _may _nullify all beginning, and all authority, and power. (CO1_15:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then the end will come when he hands over the kingship to God the Father after he’s destroyed all rule, and all authority and power, (CO1 15:24)

Heb 2:3 ‘having neglected a salvation which a beginning having received to_be_being spoken by’ SR GNT Heb 2:3 word 9

OET-LV: 3 how we will _be _escaping of _so _great having _neglected a_salvation? Which a_beginning having _received, to _be _being _spoken by the master, by the ones having _heard to us was _confirmed, (HEB_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 how will we escape punishment if we neglect such a great offer of salvation. This salvation was first heard when spoken about by the master and then others who heard confirmed it to us (HEB 2:3)

Heb 3:14 ‘we have become if_indeed the beginning of the assurance until’ SR GNT Heb 3:14 word 9

OET-LV: 14 For/Because partakers of _the chosen _one /messiah we _have _become, if _indeed the beginning of _the assurance, until the_end confirmed we _may _retain. (HEB_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 because we are now partakers of the messiah if we can retain until the end the assurance that we had at the beginning. (HEB 3:14)

Heb 7:3 ‘motherless without_genealogy neither beginning of days nor of life’ SR GNT Heb 7:3 word 5

OET-LV: 3 fatherless, motherless, without _genealogy, neither beginning of _days, nor of _life end having, but having _been _likened to _the son of_ the _god, he _is _remaining a_priest in the continual. (HEB_7:3)

OET-RV: 3 There’s no record of his father or mother, no genealogical background, and no record of his being born or dying, but he’s likened to God’s son in that he continually remains as a priest. (HEB 7:3)

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 (3) other than ἀρχήν (N-AFS) 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)

EPH 1:21 ἀρχῆς (arⱪaʸs) N-GFS ‘above every rule and authority and’ SR GNT Eph 1:21 word 3

OET-LV: 21 above every rule, and authority, and power, and mastership, and every name being _named, not only in the this age, but also in the one coming, (EPH_1:21)

OET-RV: 21 giving him authority over every law and government, and over every powerful group and organisation, and over every earthly title, not only in the present age but also in the age to come. (EPH 1:21)

COL 2:10 ἀρχῆς (arⱪaʸs) N-GFS ‘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)

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