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Lexicon :: Strong's G536 - aparchē

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ἀπαρχή
Transliteration
aparchē (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-ar-khay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of ἀπό (G575) and ἄρχομαι (G756)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:484,81

Strong’s Definitions

ἀπαρχή aparchḗ, ap-ar-khay'; from a compound of G575 and G756; a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively):—first-fruits.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G536 in the following manner: firstfruits (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G536 in the following manner: firstfruits (8x).

  1. to offer firstlings or firstfruits

  2. to take away the firstfruits of the productions of the earth which was offered to God. The first portion of the dough, from which sacred loaves were to be prepared. Hence term used of persons consecrated to God for all time.

  3. persons superior in excellence to others of the same class

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀπαρχή aparchḗ, ap-ar-khay'; from a compound of G575 and G756; a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively):—first-fruits.
STRONGS G536:
ἀπαρχή, -ῆς, ἡ, (from ἀπάρχομαι:
a. to offer firstlings or first-fruits;
b. to take away the first-fruits; cf. ἀπό in ἀποδεκατόω), in Sept. generally equivalent to רֵאשִׁית; the first-fruits of the productions of the earth (both those in a natural state and those prepared for use by hand), which were offered to God; cf. Winers RWB under the word Erstlinge [BB. DD. under the word First-fruits]: ἡ ἀπαρχή namely, τοῦ φυράματος, the first portion of the dough, from which sacred loaves were to be prepared (Numbers 15:19-21), Romans 11:16.
Hence, in a transferred use, employed
a. of persons consecrated to God, leading the rest in time: ἀπ. τῆς Ἀχαΐας the first person in Achaia to enroll himself as a Christian, 1 Corinthians 16:15; with εἰς Χριστόν added, Romans 16:5; with a reference to the moral creation effected by Christianity all the Christians of that age are called ἀπαρχή τις (a kind of first-fruits) τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ κτισμάτων, James 1:18 (see Huther at the passage) [noteworthy is εἵλατο ὑμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ἀπαρχήν etc. as first-fruits] 2 Thessalonians 2:13 L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; Christ is called ἀπ. τῶν κεκοιμημένων as the first one recalled to life of them that have fallen asleep, 1 Corinthians 15:20, 23 (here the phrase seems also to signify that by his case the future resurrection of Christians is guaranteed; because the first-fruits forerun and are, as it were, a pledge and promise of the rest of the harvest).
b. of persons superior in excellence to others of the same class: so in Revelation 14:4 of a certain class of Christians sacred and dear to God and Christ beyond all others (Schol. ad Euripides, Or. 96 ἀπαρχὴ ἐλέγετο οὐ μόνον τὸ πρῶτον τῇ τάξει, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ πρῶτον τῇ τιμῇ).
c. οἱ ἔχοντες τὴν ἀπ. τοῦ πνεύματος who have the first-fruits (of future blessings) in the Spirit (τοῦ πν. is genitive of apposition), Romans 8:23; cf. what Winer § 59, 8 a. says in opposition to those [e. g. Meyer, but see Weiss in edition 6] who take τοῦ πν. as a partitive genitive, so that οἱ ἔχ. τ. ἀπ. τοῦ πν. are distinguished from the great multitude who will receive the Spirit subsequently. (In Greek writings from [Sophocles] Herodotus down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
15:19; 15:20; 15:21
Romans
8:23; 11:16; 16:5
1 Corinthians
15:20; 15:23; 16:15
2 Thessalonians
2:13
James
1:18
Revelation
14:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G536 matches the Greek ἀπαρχή (aparchē),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits ​— ​we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

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Now if the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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Greet also the church that meets in their home. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert[fn] to Christ from Asia.[fn]

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But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.

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Brothers and sisters, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you

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But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[fn] God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

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By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed[fn] from humanity as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

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