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ἀρχή
archḗ · Greek · Strong's G746 · 56 occurrences
The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “power”
What it means
(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
from G756 (ἄρχομαι);
How the KJV renders it
beginning, corner, at the, the first, magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“power”
“rule”
“corner”
“principality”
also renders marʼâshâh (H4761)
“principle”
also renders stoicheîon (G4747)
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
- What does John 8:58 mean ('before Abraham was, I am')?
Where it appears
56 occurrences in the Greek text, first 55 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 15:24 N-ASF1 John 1:1 N-GSF1 John 2:7 N-GSF1 John 2:13 N-GSF1 John 2:14 N-GSF1 John 2:24 N-GSF1 John 3:8 N-GSF1 John 3:11 N-GSF2 John 1:5 N-GSF2 John 1:6 N-GSF2 Peter 3:4 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 2:13 N-GSFActs 10:11 N-DPFActs 11:5 N-DPFActs 11:15 N-DSFActs 26:4 N-GSFColossians 1:16 N-NPFColossians 1:18 N-NSFColossians 2:10 N-GSFColossians 2:15 N-APFEphesians 1:21 N-GSFEphesians 3:10 N-DPFEphesians 6:12 N-APFHebrews 1:10 N-APFHebrews 2:3 N-ASFHebrews 3:14 N-ASFHebrews 5:12 N-GSFHebrews 6:1 N-GSFHebrews 7:3 N-ASFJohn 1:1 N-DSFJohn 1:2 N-DSFJohn 2:11 N-ASFJohn 6:64 N-GSFJohn 8:25 N-ASFJohn 8:44 N-GSFJohn 15:27 N-GSFJohn 16:4 N-GSFJude 1:6 N-ASFLuke 1:2 N-GSFLuke 12:11 N-APFLuke 20:20 N-DSFMatthew 19:4 N-GSFMatthew 19:8 N-GSFMatthew 24:8 N-NSFMatthew 24:21 N-GSFMark 1:1 N-NSFMark 10:6 N-GSFMark 13:9 N-NSFMark 13:19 N-GSFPhilippians 4:15 N-DSFRevelation 3:14 N-NSFRevelation 21:6 N-NSFRevelation 22:13 N-NSFRomans 8:38 N-NPFTitus 3:1 N-DPF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.