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Koine Greek wordlink #57484

SR GNT Luke 20:20 ἀρχῇ (arⱪaʸ) ‘to give_over him to the rule and authority of the’ Strongs=7460 Lemma=arχē
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (4) of identical word form ἀρχῇ (N-DFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρχῇ’ (N-DFS) has 2 different glosses: ‘the beginning’, ‘rule’.

Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 ‘in the beginning was the message’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 word 2

OET-LV: 1 In the_beginning was the message, and the message was with the god, and god was the message. (JHN_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 In the beginning was the message, and the message was with God, and the message was and is God. (JHN 1:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:2 ‘this one was in the beginning with god’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:2 word 4

OET-LV: 2 This one was in the_beginning with the god. (JHN_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 He, the message, was with God even at the creation of the universe. (JHN 1:2)

Acts 11:15 ‘on us in the beginning’ SR GNT Acts 11:15 word 23

OET-LV: 15 And at the time me to _begin to _be _speaking, the the holy spirit fell _on on them, as also on us in the_beginning. (ACT_11:15)

OET-RV: 15 Then when I started speaking to them, the holy spirit came down on them just like it had happened to us previously. (ACT 11:15)

Php 4:15 ‘Filippaʸsios that in the beginning of the good_message when’ SR GNT Php 4:15 word 8

OET-LV: 15 But have _known also you _all, Filippaʸsios, that in the_beginning of _the good _message, when I _came _out from Makedonia, not _one with _me assembly shared in the_matter of _giving and receiving, except not/lest you _all only. (PHP_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 I’ve know all you Philippians, that when I left Macedonia to begin preaching the good message, no other assembly shared with me in giving and receiving—only you there. (PHP 4:15)

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 ἀρχῇ (N-DFS) with a gloss related to ‘rule’

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)

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