ἄρχομαι
árchomai
“to commence (in order of time)”
84 occurrencesNew TestamentCommon word
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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“From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again…”