ἄρχομαι (archomai)
archomai
to rule/begin
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Definition
ἄρχω
[in LXX for חָלַל, מָשַׁל, etc. ;]
__1. to begin.
__2. to rule (see DCG, ii, 538b.): with genitive,Mrk.10:42, Rom.15:12. Mid., to begin: before ἀπό, Mat.16:21 20:8, Luk.14:18 23:5 24:27, 47, Jhn.8:9, Act.1:22 8:35 10:37, 1Pe.4:17; with inf., an Aramaic pleonasm, Mrk.1:45 2:23 5:17, Luk.3:8, al. (see M, Pro.14:1-35 f.; Dalman, Words, 27; MM, see word)
(AS)
[in LXX for חָלַל, מָשַׁל, etc. ;]
__1. to begin.
__2. to rule (see DCG, ii, 538b.): with genitive,
(AS)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Original: ἄρχομαι
Transliteration: archomai
Phonetic: ar'-khom-ahee
Thayer Definition:
- to be the first to do (anything), to begin
- to be chief, leader, ruler
- to begin, make a beginning
Origin: middle voice of G757 (through the implication of precedence)
TDNT entry: 1:478,*
Part(s) of speech: Verb