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Lexicon :: Strong's G756 - archomai

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ἄρχομαι
Transliteration
archomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ar'-khom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of ἄρχω (G757) (through the implication of precedence)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:478,*

Strong’s Definitions

ἄρχομαι árchomai, ar'-khom-ahee; middle voice of G757 (through the implication, of precedence); to commence (in order of time):—(rehearse from the) begin(-ning).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 84x

The KJV translates Strong's G756 in the following manner: begin (83x), rehearse from the beginning (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 84x
The KJV translates Strong's G756 in the following manner: begin (83x), rehearse from the beginning (1x).

  1. to be the first to do (anything), to begin

  2. to be chief, leader, ruler

  3. to begin, make a beginning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄρχομαι árchomai, ar'-khom-ahee; middle voice of G757 (through the implication, of precedence); to commence (in order of time):—(rehearse from the) begin(-ning).
STRONGS G756:
ἄρχομαι, see ἄρχω.

Related entry:
ἄρχι, (from ἄρχω, ἀρχός), an inseparable prefix, usually to names of office or dignity, to designate the one who is placed over the rest that hold the office (German Ober-, Erz-, [English arch- (chief-, high-)]), as ἀρχάγγελος, ἀρχιποίμην [which see], ἀρχιερεύς, ἀρχίατρος, ἀρχιευνοῦχος, ἀρχυπερέτης (in Egyptian inscriptions), etc., most of which belong to Alexandrian and Byzantine Greek. Cf. Thiersch, De Pentateuchi versione Alex. p. 77f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G756 matches the Greek ἄρχομαι (archomai),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23 - Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his public ministry.
Jesus was known as the son of Joseph.
Joseph was the son of Heli.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:24 - After John’s disciples left, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:49 - The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Late in the afternoon the twelve disciples came to him and said, “Send the crowds away to the nearby villages and farms, so they can find food and lodging for the night. There is nothing to eat here in this remote place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, “This evil generation keeps asking me to show them a miraculous sign. But the only sign I will give them is the sign of Jonah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:53 - As Jesus was leaving, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees became hostile and tried to provoke him with many questions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:1 - Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:26 - Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9 - The host will come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:18 - But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 - Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:24 - for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37 - When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:45 - Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28 - So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - The disciples began to ask each other which of them would ever do such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - They began to state their case: “This man has been leading our people astray by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:5 - Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:30 - People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:27 - Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations,[fn] beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’
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