Vocabulary Form
ἀρχή, -ῆς, ἡ
Definition

beginning; ruler

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἀρχη
Frequency
55
GK
794
Cognates

The archbishop is the chief bishop over the archbishopric.

Mnemonics

After the ark there was a new beginning.

Mnemonic Singing

As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be

Alternate: This is my Father’s world. O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.

Song
Verse

“In the ἀρχή was the Word.” (John 1:1)

“When you are brought before synagogues, ἀρχή, and the authorities, do not worry.” (Luke 12:11)

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 19:4 He answered, saying, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) ‘made them male and female?’”
Matthew 19:8 Jesus replied “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts; but it was not that way from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem).
Matthew 24:8 But all these things are only the beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem) of birth
Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) of the world until now, and will never be again.
Mark 1:1 The beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem) of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 10:6 But from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) of creation, ‘male and female’ he made them.
Mark 13:8 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are the beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem) of birth pains.
Mark 13:19 because those will be days of such tribulation as has never happened from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) of creation, which God created, until now, nor ever will be.
Luke 1:2 just as those who were, from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem), eyewitnesses and became ministers of the word, have delivered it to us,
Luke 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers (archas | ἀρχάς | acc pl fem), and the authorities, do not worry: How or what words should you use in your defense? or, What should you say?
Luke 20:20 So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous so they could catch him in his word, and in this way deliver him to the jurisdiction (archē | ἀρχῇ | dat sg fem) and authority of the governor.
John 1:1 In the beginning (archē | ἀρχῇ | dat sg fem) was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 He was in the beginning (archē | ἀρχῇ | dat sg fem) with God.
John 2:11 Jesus did this, the first (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem) of his signs, at Cana in Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
John 6:64 But there are some among you who do not believe.” For from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) Jesus knew those who would not believe, and who it was who would betray him.
John 8:25 So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem).
John 8:44 You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 15:27 And you also are to bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem).
John 16:4 But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not tell you these things at the start (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) because I was with you.
Acts 10:11 and he saw the heavens opened and certain object descending, like a great sheet, being let down by its four corners (archais | ἀρχαῖς | dat pl fem) upon the earth.
Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending, like a great sheet being let down by its four corners (archais | ἀρχαῖς | dat pl fem) from heaven, and it came close to me.
Acts 11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as he did upon us at the beginning (archē | ἀρχῇ | dat sg fem).
Acts 26:4 All the Jews know my manner of life from my youth, which from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) was spent among my own people in Jerusalem,
Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers (archai | ἀρχαί | nom pl fem), nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
1 Corinthians 15:24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has destroyed every dominion (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem), every authority and power.