ἄρχομαιárchomai
to commence (in order of time)
Greek (New Testament) · G756
Meanings
1. to begin.
2. to rule: with genitive, Mark 10:42, Romans 15:12. Mid., to begin: followed by ἀπό, Matthew 16:21, Matthew 20:8, Luke 14:18, Luke 23:5, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:47, John 8:9, Acts 1:22, Acts 8:35, Acts 10:37, 1 Peter 4:17; with infinitive, an Aramaic pleonasm, Mark 1:45, Mark 2:23, Mark 5:17, Luke 3:8, and elsewhere.
Same root
- ἄρχωárchō · G757to be first (in political rank or power)
- ὑπάρχωhypárchō · G5225to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
- ἐνάρχομαιenárchomai · G1728to commence on
- ἀρχήarchḗ · G746(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
- ἀπαρχήaparchḗ · G536a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.