Vocabulary Form
ἄρχωμαι
Definition

I begin

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ἀρχ
Frequency
86
GK
806
Forms
ἄρξω, ἤρξα, -, -, -
Cognates

As a prefix it means "chief" (e.g., archbishop, archangel).

Mnemonics

cbisher

December 8, 2015

Hi Bill. Looks like you have the middle or passive instead of the active. My vocab card and the audio says arxw.

Notes

ἄρχω occurs primarily in the middle in the New Testament.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 4:17 From then on Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 11:20 Then he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to reprimand the towns in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:
Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and they began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to pluck heads of grain and eat.
Matthew 14:30 But when he realized that the wind was blustery, he became afraid; and starting (arxamenos | ἀρξάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 16:21 From that time Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and ruling priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This must never happen to you.”
Matthew 18:24 And when he had begun (arxamenou | ἀρξαμένου | aor mid ptcp gen sg masc) to settle them, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
Matthew 20:8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning (arxamenos | ἀρξάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) with the last and going back to the first.’
Matthew 24:49 and begins (arxētai | ἄρξηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards;
Matthew 26:22 And they (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) were greatly distressed and began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to say to him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Matthew 26:37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to be sorrowful and troubled.
Matthew 26:74 Then he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to invoke curses on himself and swear to them, “I do not know that man!” And immediately the rooster crowed.
Mark 1:45 However, he went out and began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to announce it publicly and spread abroad the news, so that no longer Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, enter but stayed out in unpopulated areas. stayed Yet people kept coming to him from every quarter.
Mark 2:23 It happened that Jesus on Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples his began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to make their way along, plucking heads of grain.
Mark 4:1 Again Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to teach beside the lake. And a very large crowd gathered about him, crowd very large so that he got into a boat got and sat there out on the lake while all the people were on shore by the edge of the water. on shore were
Mark 5:17 Then they began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to implore Jesus to depart from their region. their
Mark 5:20 The man left and began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; Jesus and everyone was amazed.
Mark 6:2 And when the Sabbath came, he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to teach in the synagogue. And many, when they heard him, were astonished, saying, “Where does this man get these things? What wisdom has been given to him? How are such mighty works done through his hands? his are done
Mark 6:7 And he called to himself the twelve and began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) them to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. unclean
Mark 6:34 When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd, and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to teach them many things.
Mark 6:55 ran throughout that whole area, and began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to bring the ill on mats to wherever they heard he was.
Mark 8:11 The Pharisees came and began (ērxanto | ἤρξαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
Mark 8:31 Then Jesus began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the ruling priests and scribes, and be killed and after three days to rise again.
Mark 8:32 And he was speaking openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began (ērxato | ἤρξατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) to rebuke him.