- Original: ἀρχή - Transliteration: Arche - Phonetic: ar-khay' - Definition: 1. beginning, origin 2. the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader 3. that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause 4. the extremity of a thing a. of the corners of a sail 5. the first place, principality, rule, magistracy a. of angels and demons - Origin: from G756 - TDNT entry: 08:59,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G756 ; (properly abstract) a commencement or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order time place or rank): - beginning corner (at the the) first (estate) magistrate power principality principle rule. Total KJV Occurrences: 42 • began, 1 Hebrews 2:3 • beginning, 24 Mar 1:1; Joh 1:1; Joh 1:2; Joh 2:11; Joh 6:64; Act 11:15; Philippians 4:15; Colossians 1:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 1:10; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 7:3; 2 Peter 3:4; 1 John 1:1; 1 John 2:7(2); 1 John 2:13; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 2:24(2); 1 John 3:8; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 1:5; 2 John 1:6 • corners, 2 Act 10:11; Act 11:5 • estate, 1 Jude 1:6 • first, 2 Act 26:4; Hebrews 5:12 • power, 1 Luke 20:20 • principalities, 6 Romans 8:38; Eph 3:10; Eph 6:12; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 2:15; Titus 3:1 • principality, 2 Eph 1:21; Colossians 2:10 • principles, 1 Hebrews 6:1 • rule, 1 1 Corinthians 15:24 • were, 1 Luke 1:2