ἀρχή

55 ἀρχή , -ῆς, ἡ , [in LXX for קֶדֶם , רֹאשׁ , רֵאשִׁית , etc.;] beginning , origin ; absol., of the beginning of all things: of God as the Eternal, the First Cause, Re 21:6 (cf. 1:8 ); similarly, of Christ, Re 22:13 ; of Christ as the uncreated principle, the active cause of creation, Re 3:14 ; in his relation to the Church, Col 1:18 ; ἐν ἀ. , Jo 1:1 , 2 ; ἀπ᾽ ἀ. (and ἀπ᾽ ἀ. κτισεως ), Mt 19:4 , 8 24:21 , Mk 10:6 13:19 , Jo 8:44 , II Th 2:13 , II Pe 3:4 , I Jo 1:1 2:13 , 14 3:8 ; κατ’ ἀρχάς , He 1:10 ; relatively: He 7:3 ; ἀ. ὠδίνων , Mt 24:8 , Mk 13:9 ; τ. σημείων , Jo 2:11 ; τ. ὑποστάσεως , He 3:14 ; τ. λογίων , He 5:12 ; ὁ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγος , the account of the beginning, the elementary view of Christ, He 6:1 ; ἀρχὴν λαμβάνειν , to begin, He 2:3 ; ἐξ ἀ. , Jo 6:64 16:4 ; ἀπ’ ἀ. , Lk 1:2 , Jo 15:27 , I Jo 2:7 , 24 3:11 , II Jo 5 , 6 ; ἐν ἀ. , Ac 11:15 26:4 , Phl 4:15 ; τὴν ἀρχήν , adverbially, at all (Hdt., al.; v MM, s.v.): Jo 8:25 . an extremity , a corner : Ac 10:11 11:5 . sovereignty , principality , rule (cf. DB , i, 616 f.): Lk 12:11 20:20 , Ro 8:38 , I Co 15:24 , Eph 1:21 3:10 6:12 , Col 1:16 2:10 , 15 , Tit 3:1 , Ju 6 (Cremer, 113).†