Greek word study
ἀρχή G0746
- Transliteration
- archḗ
- KJV glosses
- beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule
Lexical summary
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information