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In the New Testament, it is often used in contexts that denote authority or leadership, as well as the commencement of an action or event. The term can imply both the exercise of authority and the initiation of something new.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "archó" was closely associated with governance and leadership. The term was used to describe rulers, magistrates, and those in positions of authority. In Jewish culture, leadership was often seen in the context of religious and community guidance, with a strong emphasis on moral and spiritual oversight. The dual meaning of "archó" as both ruling and beginning reflects the interconnectedness of leadership and the initiation of new ventures or eras.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. verb<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to rule, to begin<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>began (62), begin (7), beginning (8), begins (2), begun (1), proceed (1), rule (1), rulers (1), starting (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 757: αρχι(</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">αρχι(</span></span> (from <span class="greek2">ἄρχω</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀρχός</span>), 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 <span class="foreign">Ober-</span>,<span class="latin">Erz-</span> (English <span class="accented">arch-</span> (chief-, high))), as <span class="greek2">ἀρχάγγελος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀρχιποίμην</span> (which see), <span class="greek2">ἀρχιερεύς</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀρχιατρος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀρχιευνοῦχος</span>, <span class="greek2">ἀρχυπερετης</span> (in Egyptian inscriptions), etc., most of which belong to Alexandrian and Byzantine Greek. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Thiersch</span>, De Pentateuehi versione Alex., p. 77f. <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 757: ἄρχω</span><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἄρχω</span></span>; (from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down); <span class="accented">to be first</span>. <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to be the first to do (anything), to begin</span> — a sense not found in the Greek Bible. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">to be chief, leader, ruler</span>: <span class="greek2">τίνος</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 169 (147)), <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-42.htm">Mark 10:42</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/15-12.htm">Romans 15:12</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10</a>). See <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἄρχων</span></span>. Middle, present <span class="greek2">ἄρχομαι</span>; future <span class="greek2">ἄρξομαι</span> (once (twice), <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-26.htm">Luke 13:26</a> (but not <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">WH</span> marginal reading; <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Luke 23:30>)); 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἠρξάμην</span>; <span class="accented">to begin, make a beginning</span>: <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-37.htm">Acts 10:37</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 79 (69); cf. Matth. § 558); <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a>; by brachylogy <span class="greek2">ἀρξάμενος</span> <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span> <span class="greek2">ἕως</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span> for, having begun from some person or thing (and continued or continuing) to some person or thing: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/20-8.htm">Matthew 20:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/8-9.htm">John 8:9</a> (i. e. <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>); <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-22.htm">Acts 1:22</a>; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 66, the passage cited; (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 374 (320)); <span class="greek2">ἀρξάμενον</span> is used impersonally and absolutely, <span class="accented">a beginning being made,</span> <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-27.htm">Luke 24:27</a> (so in <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 3, 91; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 624 (580); (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 374f (321))); carelessly, <span class="greek2">ἀρξάμενος</span> <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">Μωϋσέως</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">πάντων</span> <span class="greek2">προφητῶν</span> <span class="greek2">διηρμήνευεν</span> for, beginning from Moses be went through all the prophets, <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-27.htm">Luke 24:27</a>; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 67, 2; (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 374 (320f)). <span class="greek2">ὧν</span> <span class="greek2">ἤρξατο</span> <span class="greek2">ποιεῖν</span> <span class="greek2">τέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">διδάσκειν</span>, <span class="greek2">ἄχρι</span> <span class="greek2">ἧς</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέρας</span> <span class="accented">which he began</span> and contnued <span class="accented">both to do and to teach, until</span> etc., <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-1.htm">Acts 1:1</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 66, 1 c.; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, as above). <span class="greek2">ἄρχομαι</span> 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 <span class="greek2">ἤρξατο</span> <span class="greek2">κηρύσσειν</span> for <span class="greek2">ἐκήρυξε</span>. But through the influence principally of Fritzsche (on Matthew, p. 539f), cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s 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: <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> the idea of <span class="accented">beginning</span> has more or less weight or importance, so that it is brought out by a separate word: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a> (the disciples of John having retired, Christ began to speak concerning John, which he did not do while they were present); <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-8.htm">Luke 3:8</a> (do not even begin to say; make not even an attempt to excuse yourselves); <a href="/interlinear/luke/15-14.htm">Luke 15:14</a> (the <span class="accented">beginning</span> of want followed hard upon the squandering of his goods); <a href="/interlinear/luke/21-28.htm">Luke 21:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/3-1.htm">2 Corinthians 3:1</a>; especially when the beginning of an action is contrasted with its continuance or its repetition, <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-7.htm">Mark 6:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-31.htm">Mark 8:31</a> (cf. <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-31.htm">Mark 9:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-33.htm">Mark 10:33</a>f); or with the end of it, <a href="/interlinear/luke/14-30.htm">Luke 14:30</a> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ἐκτελέσαι</span>); <a href="/interlinear/john/13-5.htm">John 13:5</a> (cf. 12). <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="greek2">ἄρχειν</span> denotes something as begun by someone, others following: <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-35.htm">Acts 27:35</a>f (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 65, 7 d.). <p><span class="emphasized">c.</span> <span class="greek2">ἄρχειν</span> indicates that a thing was but just begun when it was interrupted by something else: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-1.htm">Matthew 12:1</a> (they had begun to pluck ears of grain, but they were prevented from continuing by the interference of the Pharisees); <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-22.htm">Matthew 26:22</a> (Jesus answered before all had finished), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/26-74.htm">Matthew 26:74</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-23.htm">Mark 2:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-1.htm">Mark 4:1</a> (he had scarcely begun to teach, when a multitude gathered unto him); <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-2.htm">Mark 6:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-41.htm">Mark 10:41</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/5-21.htm">Luke 5:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-45.htm">Luke 12:45</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-25.htm">Luke 13:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-15.htm">Acts 11:15</a> (cf. <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-44.htm">Acts 10:44</a>); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 18:26>, and often. <p><span class="emphasized">d.</span> 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: <a href="/interlinear/mark/14-65.htm">Mark 14:65</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/14-18.htm">Luke 14:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-4.htm">Acts 2:4</a>, etc. <p><span class="emphasized">e.</span> <span class="greek2">ἄρχω</span> occurs in a sentence which has grown out of the blending of two statements: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/4-17.htm">Matthew 4:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21</a> (from <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span> <span class="greek2">τότε</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκήρυξε</span> ... <span class="greek2">ἔδειξέ</span>, and <span class="greek2">τότε</span> <span class="greek2">ἤρξατο</span> <span class="greek2">κηρύσσειν</span> ... <span class="greek2">δεικνύειν</span>). The infinitive is lacking when discoverable from the context: <span class="greek2">ἀρχόμενος</span>, namely, to discharge the Messianic office, <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-23.htm">Luke 3:23</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 349 (328)); <span class="greek2">ἀρξάμενος</span> namely, <span class="greek2">λέγειν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/11-4.htm">Acts 11:4</a>. (Compare: <span class="greek2">ἐνάρχω</span> (<span class="greek2">ἐνάρχομαι</span>), <span class="greek2">προενάρχομαι</span>, <span class="greek2">ὑπάρχω</span>, <span class="greek2">προϋπάρχω</span>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>reign, rule over. <p>A primary verb; to be first (in political rank or power) -- reign (rule) over. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>αρχειν ἄρχειν archein árchein<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/10-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Active">V-PNA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οἱ δοκοῦντες <b>ἄρχειν</b> τῶν ἐθνῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who are recognized <span class="itali">as rulers</span> of the Gentiles<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they which are accounted <span class="itali">to rule</span> over the Gentiles<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> those who are accounted <span class="itali">to rule over</span> the Gentiles<p><b><a href="/text/romans/15-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 15:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Active">V-PNA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ ἀνιστάμενος <b>ἄρχειν</b> ἐθνῶν ἐπ'</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND HE WHO ARISES <span class="itali">TO RULE</span> OVER THE GENTILES,<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he that shall rise <span class="itali">to reign over</span> the Gentiles;<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/15-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he that arises <span class="itali">to rule [the]</span> Gentiles in<p><b><a href="/greek/757.htm">Strong's Greek 757</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_757.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/archein_757.htm">ἄρχειν — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/756.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="756"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="756" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/758.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="758"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="758" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>