Original: ἄρχομαι

Transliteration: árchomai

Phonetic: ar'-khom-ahee

Short Definition: Begin

- Original: ἄρχομαι

- Transliteration: Archomai

- Phonetic: ar'-khom-ahee

- Definition:

1. to be the first to do (anything), to begin

2. to be chief, leader, ruler

3. to begin, make a beginning

- Origin: middle voice of G757 (through the implication of precedence)

- TDNT entry: 1:478,*

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Middle voice of G757 (through the implication of precedence); to commence (in order of time): - rehearse from the) begin (-ning).