ἄρχομαι
árchomai
“to commence (in order of time)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to commence (in order of time)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
(1) pr. (act.) to be first; to rule, Mk. 10:42; Rom. 15:12 (2) mid. to begin, Mt. 4:17; to take commencement, Lk. 24:27; 1 Pet. 4:17
Translated in KJV as
(rehearse from the) begin(-ning)
Etymology
middle voice of G757 (ἄρχω) (through the implication, of precedence);
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“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”