ἀρχή

Meaning:

Beginning

First

Elementary

Rulers, rule, domain

Noun, feminine

Occurs 56 times in the New Testament, consistently conveying the idea of primacy - whether temporal (i.e. the start, e.g. ) or causal (i.e. the source) or governmental (i.e. the ruler, e.g. ).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἀρχή (*archē*)	ἀρχαί (*archai*)
Genitive	ἀρχῆς (*archēs*)	ἀρχῶν (*archōn*)
Dative	ἀρχῇ (*archēi*)	ἀρχαῖς (*archais*)
Accusative	ἀρχήν (*archēn*)	ἀρχάς (*archas*)
Vocative	ἀρχή (*archē*)	ἀρχαί (*archai*)