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Lexicon :: Strong's G757 - archō

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ἄρχω
Transliteration
archō (Key)
Pronunciation
ar'-kho
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
mGNT
87x in 19 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
159x in 46 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:478,81

Strong’s Definitions

ἄρχω árchō, ar'-kho; a primary verb; to be first (in political rank or power):—reign (rule) over.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G757 in the following manner: rule over (1x), reign over (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G757 in the following manner: rule over (1x), reign over (1x).
  1. to be chief, to lead, to rule

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄρχω árchō, ar'-kho; a primary verb; to be first (in political rank or power):—reign (rule) over.
STRONGS G757:
ἄρχω; [from Homer down]; to be first.
1. to be the first to do (anything), to begin — a sense not found in the Greek Bible.
2. to be chief, leader, ruler: τινός [Buttmann, 169 (147)], Mark 10:42; Romans 15:12 (from Isaiah 11:10). See ἄρχων. Middle, present ἄρχομαι; future ἄρξομαι (once [twice], Luke 13:26 [but not Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; Luke 23:30]); 1 aorist ἠρξάμην; to begin, make a beginning: ἀπό τινος, Acts 10:37 [Buttmann, 79 (69); cf. Matthew § 558]; 1 Peter 4:17; by brachylogy ἀρξάμενος ἀπό τινος ἕως τινός for, having begun from some person or thing (and continued or continuing) to some person or thing: Matthew 20:8; John 8:9 [i. e. Rec.]; Acts 1:22; cf. Winers Grammar, § 66, the passage cited; (Buttmann, 374 (320)); ἀρξάμενον is used impersonally and absolutely, a beginning being made, Luke 24:27 (so in Herodotus 3, 91; cf. Winers Grammar, 624 (580); [Buttmann, 374f (321)]); carelessly, ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Μωυσέως καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων προφητῶν διηρμήνευεν for, beginning from Moses be went through all the prophets, Luke 24:27; Winers Grammar, § 67, 2; [Buttmann, 374 (320f)]. ὧν ἤρξατο ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας which he began and contnued both to do and to teach, until etc., Acts 1:1 [Winers Grammar, § 66, 1 c.; Buttmann, as above]. Ἄρχομαι is connected with an infinitive and that so often, especially in the historical books, that formerly most interpreters thought it constituted a periphrasis for the finite form of the verb standing in the infinitive, as ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν for ἐκήρυξε. But through the influence principally of Fritzsche (on Matthew, p. 539f), cf. Winers Grammar, § 65 7 d., it is now conceded that the theory of a periphrasis of this kind was a rash assumption, and that there is scarcely an example which cannot be reduced to one of the following classes:
a. the idea of beginning has more or less weight or importance, so that it is brought out by a separate word: Matthew 11:7 (the disciples of John having retired, Christ began to speak concerning John, which he did not do while they were present); Luke 3:8 (do not even begin to say; make not even an attempt to excuse yourselves); Luke 15:14 (the beginning of want followed hard upon the squandering of his goods); Luke 21:28; 2 Corinthians 3:1; especially when the beginning of an action is contrasted with its continuance or its repetition, Mark 6:7; Mark 8:31 (cf. Mark 9:31; Mark 10:33f); or with the end of it, Luke 14:30 (opposed to ἐκτελέσαι); John 13:5 (cf. 12).
b. ἄρχ. denotes something as begun by someone, others following: Acts 27:35f [Winers Grammar, § 65, 7 d.].
c. ἄρχ. indicates that a thing was but just begun when it was interrupted by something else: Matthew 12:1 (they had begun to pluck ears of grain, but they were prevented from continuing by the interference of the Pharisees); Matthew 26:22 (Jesus answered before all had finished), Matthew 26:74; Mark 2:23; Mark 4:1 (he had scarcely begun to teach, when a multitude gathered unto him); Mark 6:2; Mark 10:41; Luke 5:21; Luke 12:45; Luke 13:25; Acts 11:15 (cf. Acts 10:44); Acts 18:26, and often.
d. the action itself, instead of its beginning, might indeed have been mentioned; but in order that the more attention may be given to occurrences which seem to the writer to be of special importance, their initial stage, their beginning, is expressly pointed out: Mark 14:65; Luke 14:18; Acts 2:4, etc.
e. ἄρχ. occurs in a sentence which has grown out of the blending of two statements: Matthew 4:17; Matthew 16:21 (from ἀπὸ τότε ἐκήρυξε... ἔδειξε, and τότε ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν... δεικνύειν). The infinitive is lacking when discoverable from the context: ἀρχόμενος, namely, to discharge the Messianic office, Luke 3:23 [Winer's Grammar, 349 (328)]; ἀρξάμενος namely, λέγειν, Acts 11:4. [Compare: ἐν- (-μαι), προεν- (-μαι), ὑπ-, προϋπ -άρχω.]

ἄρχομαι, see ἄρχω.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
11:10
Matthew
4:17; 11:7; 12:1; 16:21; 20:8; 26:22; 26:74
Mark
2:23; 4:1; 6:2; 6:7; 8:31; 9:31; 10:33; 10:41; 10:42; 14:65
Luke
3:8; 3:23; 5:21; 12:45; 13:25; 13:26; 14:18; 14:30; 15:14; 21:28; 23:30; 24:27; 24:27
John
8:9; 13:5
Acts
1:1; 1:22; 2:4; 10:37; 10:44; 11:4; 11:15; 18:26; 27:35
Romans
15:12
2 Corinthians
3:1
1 Peter
4:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G757 matches the Greek ἄρχω (archō),
which occurs 87 times in 87 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Luk 11:53–1Pe 4:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:53 -

When he left there,[fn] the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1 -

Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 -

“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 -

“once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:26 -

“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9 -

“The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18 -

“But without exception[fn] they all began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 -

“Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 -

“saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 -

“After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 -

“because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! ’ So they began to celebrate.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37 -

Now he came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:45 -

He went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 -

Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28 -

“But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift your heads, because your redemption is near.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 -

So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 -

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:5 -

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:30 -

“Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us! ’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:27 -

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 -

“and repentance for[fn] forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 -

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already set in, but Jesus had not yet come to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:9 -

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5 -

Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:1 -

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:22 -

“beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us ​— ​from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:4 -

Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,[fn] as the Spirit enabled them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:35 -

Philip proceeded to tell him the good news about Jesus, beginning with that Scripture.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:37 -

“You know the events that took place throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:4 -

Peter began to explain to them step by step,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:15 -

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:26 -

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside[fn] and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 -

When Paul was called in, Tertullus began to accuse him and said, “We enjoy great peace because of you, and reforms are taking place for the benefit of this nation because of your foresight.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:35 -

After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and after he broke it, he began to eat.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:12 -

And again, Isaiah says,

The root of Jesse will appear,

the one who rises to rule the Gentiles;

the Gentiles will hope in him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:1 -

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:17 -

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?


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