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. |