Strong's Greek · G746
ἀρχή
archḗ
beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule
Definition
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
Derivation
from G756 (ἄρχομαι);
Appears 56 times in Scripture
“However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’”
“Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.”
“However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)”
““Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.”
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.”
“And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.”
“just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.”
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.”
“All these are the beginning of birth pains.”
“Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).