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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
160x in 46 unique form(s)
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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 1 / 2 (Mat 4:17–Luk 11:29)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:7 - As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:20 - Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1 - At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:30 - But when he saw the wind,[fn] he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:21 - From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:22 - And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord![fn] This shall never happen to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:24 - When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:49 - and begins to beat his fellow servants[fn] and eats and drinks with drunkards,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:22 - And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:37 - And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74 - Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:23 - One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:17 - And they began to beg Jesus[fn] to depart from their region.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:20 - And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:2 - And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:7 - And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:34 - When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:55 - and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:11 - The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:31 - And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:32 - And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:28 - Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:32 - And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:41 - And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:42 - And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:47 - And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:15 - And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:5 - And Jesus began to say to them, “See that no one leads you astray.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:19 - They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:33 - And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:65 - And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69 - And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:71 - But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:18 - And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23 - Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus[fn] gave him to his mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus[fn] began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:49 - Then those who were at table with him began to say among[fn] themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

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