For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ἀρχή
Vocabulary form:
ajrchv, -h:V, hJ
Definition:
beginning, ruler
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
55
GK:
794
Root:
ajrch
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.
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. |
| Ephesians 1:21 | infinitely superior to every ruler (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem), authority, power, or dominion — every name that can be named — not only in this age but also in the age to come. |
| Ephesians 3:10 | in order that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers (archais | ἀρχαῖς | dat pl fem) and authorities in the heavenly realms, |
| Ephesians 6:12 | for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers (archas | ἀρχάς | acc pl fem), against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. |
| Philippians 4:15 | And you Philippians know that in the beginning (archē | ἀρχῇ | dat sg fem) of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church joined with me in giving and receiving but you only, |
| Colossians 1:16 | for in him all things were created, things all in heaven and on earth, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities (archai | ἀρχαί | nom pl fem) or powers — all things have been created through him and for him. have been created |
| Colossians 1:18 | And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning (archē | ἀρχή | nom sg fem), the firstborn from the dead, in order that he might be preeminent in everything. he preeminent |
| Colossians 2:10 | and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every principality (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) and power. |
| Colossians 2:15 | He stripped the principalities (archas | ἀρχάς | acc pl fem) and powers of their authority and disgraced them in public by triumphing over them in Christ. |
| Titus 3:1 | Remind them to be subject to rulers (archais | ἀρχαῖς | dat pl fem), to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any good work, |
| Hebrews 1:10 | And, “In the beginning (archas | ἀρχάς | acc pl fem), Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. |
| Hebrews 2:3 | how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Which at first (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem) was declared by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, |
| Hebrews 3:14 | For we have become partners of Christ, if in fact we hold the beginning (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem) of our confidence firm to the end. |
| Hebrews 5:12 | For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) elements of God’s revelation. You have become people needing milk, not solid food; |
| Hebrews 6:1 | Therefore let us leave standing the elementary (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) teaching about Christ and let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith in God, |
| Hebrews 7:3 | He is without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning (archēn | ἀρχήν | acc sg fem) of days nor end of life; but like the Son of God he continues a priest for all time. |
| 2 Peter 3:4 | and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything has gone along as it has from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) of creation.” |
| 1 John 1:1 | That which has existed from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem), which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life — |
| 1 John 2:7 | Dear friends, it is not a new commandment that I write to you, but an old commandment — one that you have had from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem). The old commandment is the message you have already heard. |
| 1 John 2:13 | I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem). I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. |
| 1 John 2:14 | I have written to you, my children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem). I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. |
| 1 John 2:24 | Let what you heard from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. |
| 1 John 3:8 | The one who continues to sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem). The Son of God appeared for this purpose — that he might destroy the works of the devil. |
| 1 John 3:11 | For this is the message that you heard from the beginning: (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) that we should love one another. |
| 2 John 1:5 | And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem) — that we love one another. |
| 2 John 1:6 | And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning (archēs | ἀρχῆς | gen sg fem), that you should walk in it. |