ἄρχω

[in LXX for חָלַל, מָשַׁל, etc. ;]

__1. to begin.

__2. to rule (see DCG, ii, 538b.): with genitive, Mrk.10:42, Rom.15:12. Mid. to begin: before ἀπό, Mat.16:21 20:8, Luk.14:18 23:5 24:27, 47, Jhn.8:9, Act.1:22 8:35 10:37, 1Pe.4:17; with inf. an Aramaic pleonasm, Mrk.1:45 2:23 5:17, Luk.3:8, al. (see M, Pro.14:1-35 f.; Dalman, Words, 27; MM, see word)

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