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— G0746 G0746 = G0746 ἀρχή archē G:N-F beginning ἀρχή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for קֶדֶם, רֹאשׁ, רֹאשׁ, etc. ;]
1. beginning, origin; (a) absol., of the beginning of all things: of God as the Eternal, the First Cause, Obj 21:6 (cf. 18); similarly, of Christ, Obj 22:13; of Christ as the uncreated principle, the active cause of creation, Obj 3:14; in his relation to the Church, Kol 1:18; ἐν ἀ., Jn 1:1-2; ἀπ᾽ ἀ. (and ἀπ᾽ ἀ. κτισεως), Mt 19:4, 8 24:21, Mk 10:6 13:19, Jn 8:44, 2Tes 2:13, 2P 3:4, 1Jn 1:1 Jn 2:13-14 Jn 2:24; κατ ἀρχἀς, Hbr 1:10; (b) relatively: Hbr 7:3; ἀ. ὠδίνων, Mt 24:8, Mk 13:9; τ. σημείων, Jn 2:11; τ. ὑποστάσεως, Hbr 3:14; τ. λογίων, Hbr 5:12; ὁ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγος, the account of the beginning, the elementary view of Christ, Hbr 6:1; ἀρχὴν λαμβάνειν, to begin, Hbr 2:3; ἐξ ἀ., Jn 6:64 16:4; ἀπ᾽ ἀ., Łk 1:2, Jn 15:27, 1Jn 2:7 Jn 2:24 Jn 3:11, 2Jn.5-6; ἐν ἀ., Dz 11:15 26:4, Flp 4:15; τὴν ἀρχήν, adverbially, at all (Hdt., al.; v MM, see word): Jn 8:25.
2. an extremity, a corner: Dz 10:11 11:5.
3. sovereignty, principality, rule (cf. DB, i, 616 f.): Łk 12:11 20:20, Rz 8:38, 1Kor 15:24, Ef 1:21 3:10 6:12, Kol 1:16 2:10, 15 Tt 3:1, Ju 6 (Cremer, 113).† (AS)