beginning

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

(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)

beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule