====== ἀρχή ======
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Meaning:
  * Beginning
  * First
  * Elementary
  * Rulers, rule, domain

Noun, feminine (first declension)

Occurs 56 times in the New Testament, consistently conveying the idea of primacy - whether temporal (i.e. the start, e.g. <autott>john_1:1|John 1:1</autott>) or causal (i.e. the source) or governmental (i.e. the ruler, e.g. <autott>ephesians_6:12|Ephesians 6:12</autott>).

| Case | Singular | Plural |
| **Nominative** | ἀρχή | ἀρχαί |
| **Genitive** | ἀρχῆς | ἀρχῶν |
| **Dative** | ἀρχῇ | ἀρχαῖς |
| **Accusative** | ἀρχήν | ἀρχάς |
| **Vocative** | ἀρχή | ἀρχαί |