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Koine Greek wordlink #13660

SR GNT Mat 20:8 ἀρξάμενος (arxamenos) ‘to them the wage having begun from the last’ Strongs=7570 Lemma=arχō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=aorist voice=middle case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Refers to Word #13650

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 11:4 ‘having begun but Petros was explaining’ SR GNT Acts 11:4 word 1

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

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

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

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

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

Key: V=verb PAM.GMS=participle,aorist,middle,genitive,masculine,singular PAM.NMP=participle,aorist,middle,nominative,masculine,plural PAM.NMS=participle,aorist,middle,nominative,masculine,singular PAM.NNS=participle,aorist,middle,nominative,neuter,singular