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Greek word study

ἀρχήarchḗ — ruler, beginning

(a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.

Translated in the King James as: beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule

Appears 56 times in Scripture

Origin: from G756 (ἄρχομαι);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 4×

Matt 19:4 Matt 19:8 Matt 24:8 Matt 24:21

Mark — 4×

Mark 1:1 Mark 10:6 Mark 13:8 Mark 13:19

Luke — 3×

Luke 1:2 Luke 12:11 Luke 20:20

John — 8×

John 1:1 John 1:2 John 2:11 John 6:64 John 8:25 John 8:44 John 15:27 John 16:4

Acts — 4×

Acts 10:11 Acts 11:5 Acts 11:15 Acts 26:4

Romans — 1×

1 Corinthians — 1×

Ephesians — 3×

Eph 1:21 Eph 3:10 Eph 6:12

Philippians — 1×

Colossians — 4×

Col 1:16 Col 1:18 Col 2:10 Col 2:15

2 Thessalonians — 1×

Titus — 1×

Hebrews — 6×

Heb 1:10 Heb 2:3 Heb 3:14 Heb 5:12 Heb 6:1 Heb 7:3

2 Peter — 1×

1 John — 8×

1 John 1:1 1 John 2:7 1 John 2:13 1 John 2:14 1 John 2:24 1 John 3:8 1 John 3:11+ 1 more in 1 John

2 John — 2×

2 John 1:5 2 John 1:6

Jude — 1×

Revelation — 3×

Rev 3:14 Rev 21:6 Rev 22:13

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.