Gloss
(act.) to rule; (mid.) to begin
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἄρχω
Greek transliteration
archō
Simplified transliteration
archo
Principal Parts
ἄρξω, ἤρξα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
756
GK Number
806
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
86
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1b(2)
Definition
(1) pr. (act.) to be first; to rule, Mk. 10:42; Rom. 15:12 (2) mid. to begin, Mt. 4:17; to take commencement, Lk. 24:27; 1 Pet. 4:17
Greek-English Concordance for ἄρχω
| Luke 11:53 | When he went out from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to be terribly hostile, and to question him sharply about many things, |
| Luke 12:1 | In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to say (to his disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. |
| Luke 12:45 | But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins (arxētai | ἄρξηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk; |
| Luke 13:25 | “Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left (arxēsthe | ἄρξησθε | aor mid subj 2 pl) standing outside, knocking at the door, saying, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’ |
| Luke 13:26 | Then you will (arxesthe | ἄρξεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ |
| Luke 14:9 | and the one who invited both you and him will say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then with shame you will proceed (arxē | ἄρξῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) to take the least important place. |
| Luke 14:18 | But one after another they all began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I must go out to see it. I ask you, have me excused.’ |
| Luke 14:29 | otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is not able to complete the tower, all who see it will begin (arxōntai | ἄρξωνται | aor mid subj 3 pl) to ridicule him, |
| Luke 14:30 | saying, ‘This man began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to build and was not able to complete.’ |
| Luke 15:14 | When he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that country, and he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to be in need. |
| Luke 15:24 | for this, my son, was dead, and has come back to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ So they began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to celebrate. |
| Luke 19:37 | As he was already approaching to the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, |
| Luke 19:45 | Having entered the temple, Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to drive out those who were selling things, |
| Luke 20:9 | Then he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants; then he went away for quite some time. |
| Luke 21:28 | Now when these things begin (archomenōn | ἀρχομένων | pres mid ptcp gen pl neut) to happen, straighten yourselves up and raise your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near.” |
| Luke 22:23 | And they began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to question one another, which of them it might be who would do this. |
| Luke 23:2 | And they began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to accuse him, saying, “We found this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to be Christ, a king.” |
| Luke 23:5 | But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.” |
| Luke 23:30 | Then they will begin (arxontai | ἄρξονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ |
| Luke 24:27 | Then, beginning (arxamenos | ἀρξάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the Scriptures. |
| Luke 24:47 | and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning (arxamenoi | ἀρξάμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) from Jerusalem. |
| John 8:9 | At this, those who had heard began to leave one by one, starting (arxamenoi | ἀρξάμενοι | aor mid ptcp nom pl masc) with the oldest; and Jesus alone was left, with the woman standing before him. |
| John 13:5 | Then he poured water into a basin and began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around his waist. |
| Acts 1:1 | I wrote the first book, Theophilus, about everything that Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to do and to teach, |
| Acts 1:22 | beginning (arxamenos | ἀρξάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us — that one of these become with us a witness of his resurrection.” |
