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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1728 - ἐνάρχομαι

Transliteration

enárchomai

Phonetics

en-ar'-khom-ahee

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1722) and (G756)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to begin, to make a beginning

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2490 ‑ חָלַל (khaw‑lal'); 7101 ‑ קָצִין (kaw‑tseen'); 7223 ‑ רִאשֹׁן (ree‑shone', ree‑shone');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

NAS (2)

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

HCS (2)

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

BSB (2)

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

ESV (2)

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

WEB (2)

Galatians 1

Philippians 1

KJV (2)

begun 2

NAS (2)

began 1

begun 1

HCS (2)

After beginning 1

who started 1

BSB (2)

After starting 1

who began 1

ESV (2)

began 1

begun 1

WEB (2)

Having begun 1

he who began 1

RAH

V-AMD2S 1

V-PMD2S 2

V-PMPAPM 1

V-PMPGSM 2

V-PMPNSM 1

V-YMI3S 1

ANT

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

BEZ

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

BGB

V-APM-NMP 1

V-APM-NMS 1

BMT

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

BYZ

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

ELZ

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

NA26

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

SBL

V-AMPNPM 1

V-AMPNSM 1

SCV

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

STV

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

TIS

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

V-ADP-NPM 1

V-ADP-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐνάρχομαι,

I fut. -ξομαι prob. in E. (v. infr.): —

1. in sacrifices, begin the offering, by taking the barley from the basket, κανᾶ δ' ἐναρχέσθω τις E. IA 1470, cf. Men. Sam. 7; προχύτας Χέρνιβάς τ' ἐνάρξεται E. IA 955: pf. in pass. sense, κανοῦν δ' ἐνῆρκται Id. El. 1142; ἐνῆρκται τὰ κανᾶ Aeschin. 3.120.

2. generally, begin, Sammelb. 4369(b).23 (iii B.C.), etc.; τῆς θερείας ἐναρχομένης Plb. 5.30.7: c. inf., πολεμεῖν ib. 1.5; γενειᾶν D.H. 6.13: ἐ. τινός make a beginning of, τῆς ἐπιβολῆς Plb. 5.1.3; τοῦ λόγου Plu. Cic. 35; ὁμιλιῶν engage in, Ath.Med. ap. Orib. inc. 21.9; ἐνῆρκται folld. by a quotation, Apollon.Cit. 1: abs., begin to speak, Plu. Cam. 32.

II later, in Act., hold office, IG 12(5).526.5 (Ceos).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐνάρχομαι: 1 aorist ἐνηρξαμην; to begin, make a beginning: with the dative of the thing from which the beginning is made, Galatians 3:3; τί, Philippians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 8:6 Lachmann edition min. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian; generally with the genitive of the thing begun, as in Sir. 36:29 (); ; 1 Macc. 9:54. in Euripides, with the accusative, of beginning sacrificial rites; at length, to govern, rule, with the genitive Joshua 10:24 the Sept.) (Compare: προ(ενάρχομαι.)

STRONGS NT 1728a: ἐνγράφω ἐνγράφω, see ἐν, III. 2 and 3.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐν -άρχομαι ,

[in LXX chiefly for H2490 hi.;]

to begin, make a beginning: Galatians 3:3, Philippians 1:6.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The ritual sense, which underlies this word in classical Greek, may perhaps still be latent in its two NT occurrences Galatians 3:3, Philippians 1:6 (cf. 2 Corinthians 8:6 B), but how completely the simple sense ";begin"; prevailed in late Greek may be seen from P Tebt I. 24.34 (B.C. 117) διαλαμβάνοντες εἰς ἀπραξίαν ἡμᾶς περιστήσειν ὁπότε δὴ ἐνάρξασθαι, ἀνεχώρησαν κτλ., ";supposing that they would bring me to a standstill at the commencement, they retired etc."; (Edd.) : cf..36 ἐναρχομένου τ [οῦ Με ]χείρ, ";at the beginning of Mecheir."; See also Vett. Val. p. 212.25 ἐὰν δέ πως καὶ ἕτερόν τινα ἐναρξάμενον πράγματος εὕρῃς κτλ.

List of Word Forms

έναρξαι εναρξαμενοι εναρξάμενοι ἐναρξάμενοι εναρξαμενος εναρξάμενος ἐναρξάμενος εναρχομένη εναρχόμενος εναρχομένου εναρχομένους ενάρχου ενήρκτο enarxamenoi enarxámenoi enarxamenos enarxámenos