Strongs Number: G746
- Greek Word
- ἀρχή
- Transliteration
- archē
- Phonetic
- ar-khay'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
(properly abstract) a commencement or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order time place or rank)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. beginning, origin
2. the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
3. that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
4. the extremity of a thing
a. of the corners of a sail
5. the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
a. of angels and demons
- Origin
- From G756
- Bible Usage
- beginning corner (at the the) first (estate) magistrate power principality principle rule.