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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, , (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]: 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 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 68 times in 57 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 22:29–Eze 48:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:29 -

“You shall not hold back the offering from your entire harvest and your [fn]wine. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 -

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God.

“You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:2 - “Tell the sons of Israel to take a [fn]contribution for Me; from everyone whose heart moves him you shall take My [fn]contribution.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:3 - “This is the [fn]contribution which you are to take from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - ‘Take from among you a [fn]contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart is to bring it as the LORD’S [fn]contribution: gold, silver, and [fn]bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses issued a command, and circulated a [fn]proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the [fn]contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 -

All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, [fn]which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine [fn]talents and 730 [fn]shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - ‘As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the LORD, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:12 - ‘If a priest’s daughter is married to a [fn]layman, she shall not eat of the [fn]offering of the holy gifts.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and you gather its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:9 - ‘Also every [fn]contribution pertaining to all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the priest, shall be his.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20 - ‘Of the first of your [fn]dough you shall lift up a loaf as an [fn]offering; as an [fn]offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - ‘From the first of your [fn]dough you shall give to the LORD an [fn]offering throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 -

Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have put you in charge of My [fn]offerings, all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given to you as a portion and to your sons as a permanent allotment.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:11 - “This also is yours, the offering of their gift, that is, all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a permanent allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - “All the [fn]best of the fresh oil and all the [fn]best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the LORD, I have given them to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:29 - ‘Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the LORD, from all the [fn]best of them, [fn]the sacred part from them.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30 - “And you shall say to them, ‘When you have [fn]offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be credited to the Levites like the product of the threshing floor, and like the product of the wine vat.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:32 - ‘And you will bring on yourselves no sin by reason of it when you have [fn]offered the [fn]best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, so that you do not die.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:29 - take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an [fn]offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:6 - “You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the [fn]contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your [fn]voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:11 - then it shall come about that the place in which the LORD your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring everything that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the [fn]contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings which you will vow to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your vowed offerings which you vow, or your [fn]voluntary offerings, or the [fn]contribution of your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - “You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘And now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, LORD have given me.’ Then you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 -

“Then he [fn]selected the choicest part for himself,

For there the ruler’s portion was [fn]reserved;

And he came with the leaders of the people;

He executed the justice of the LORD,

And His ordinances with Israel.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why are you [fn]showing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded for My dwelling, and why are you honoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [fn]choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:4 - And they will [fn]greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 -

“Mountains of Gilboa,

May there be no dew nor rain on you, or fields of offerings!

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the [fn]order spread, the sons of Israel abundantly provided the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - Azariah, the chief priest of the house of Zadok, said to [fn]him, “Since the contributions started coming into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - They faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern gate, was in charge of the [fn]voluntary offerings for God, to distribute the contributions for the LORD and the most holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring the first of our [fn]dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine, and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. So we will not [fn]neglect the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 -

On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the supplies, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who [fn]served.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where previously they used to put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the [fn]contributions for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 -

And struck all the firstborn in Egypt,

The first and best of their vigor in the tents of Ham.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 -

He also fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,

The first fruits of all their vigor.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - “And [fn]when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I certainly will not be inquired of by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - “And the first of all the first fruits of every kind and every [fn]contribution of every kind, from all your [fn]contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your [fn]dough, to make a blessing rest on your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 -

“Now when you divide the land by lot for inheritance, you shall offer [fn]an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be a length of twenty-five thousand [fn]cubits, and the width shall be [fn]twenty thousand. It shall be holy within its entire surrounding boundary.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6 -

“And you shall give the city possession of an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand cubits long, alongside the [fn]allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the entire house of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 -

“And the prince shall have land on either side of the holy [fn]allotment and the [fn]property of the city, adjacent to the holy [fn]allotment and the [fn]property of the city, on the west side toward the west and on the east side toward the east, and in length comparable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 -

“This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:16 - “All the people of the land shall [fn]give to this offering for the prince in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 -

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [fn]allotment which you shall [fn]set apart, twenty-five thousand [fn]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.


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