“(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a beginning, Mt. 24:8; an extremity, corner, or, an attached cord, Acts 10:11; 11:5; first place, headship; high estate, eminence, Jude 6; authority, Lk. 20:20; an authority, magistrate, Lk. 12:11; a principality, prince, of spiritual existence, Eph. 3:10; 6:12; ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς, ἐξ ἀρχῆς, from the first, originally, Mt. 19:4, 8; Lk. 1:2; Jn. 6:64; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Jn. 1:1; 2:7; ἐν ἀρχῇ, κατ’ ἀρχάς, in the beginning of things, Jn. 1:1, 2; Heb. 1:10; ἐν ἀρχῇ, at the first, Acts 11:15; τὴν ἀρχήν, used adverbially, wholly, altogether, Jn. 8:25
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Etymology
from G756 (ἄρχομαι);
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“But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.”