Greek word · G757
ἄρχω
archō
be first
Appears 85 times in 85 verses of the Greek New Testament.
Where it appears
Matthew · 13
-
Matthew 4:17 ἤρξατο began
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
-
Matthew 11:7 ἤρξατο began
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
-
Matthew 11:20 ἤρξατο He began
Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
-
Matthew 12:1 ἤρξαντο they began
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
-
Matthew 14:30 ἀρξάμενος having begun
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
-
Matthew 16:21 ἤρξατο began
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
-
Matthew 16:22 ἤρξατο began
Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”
-
Matthew 18:24 ἀρξαμένου When was beginning
As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.
-
Matthew 20:8 ἀρξάμενος having begun
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
-
Matthew 24:49 ἄρξηται may begin
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
-
Matthew 26:22 ἤρξαντο they began
They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
-
Matthew 26:37 ἤρξατο He began
He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
-
Matthew 26:74 ἤρξατο he began
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Mark · 27
-
Mark 1:45 ἤρξατο he began
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
-
Mark 2:23 ἤρξαντο began
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
-
Mark 4:1 ἤρξατο He began
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
-
Mark 5:17 ἤρξαντο they began
And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
-
Mark 5:20 ἤρξατο he began
So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
-
Mark 6:2 ἤρξατο He began
When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?
-
Mark 6:7 ἤρξατο He began
Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
-
Mark 6:34 ἤρξατο He began
When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
-
Mark 6:55 ἤρξαντο they began
and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
-
Mark 8:11 ἤρξαντο began
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
-
Mark 8:31 ἤρξατο He began
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
-
Mark 8:32 ἤρξατο began
He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
-
Mark 10:28 ἤρξατο Began
Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
-
Mark 10:32 ἤρξατο He began
As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
-
Mark 10:41 ἤρξαντο began
When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
-
Mark 10:42 ἄρχειν to rule over
So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
-
Mark 10:47 ἤρξατο he began
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
-
Mark 11:15 ἤρξατο He began
When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
-
Mark 12:1 ἤρξατο He began
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
-
Mark 13:5 ἤρξατο began
Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you.
-
Mark 14:19 ἤρξαντο They began
They began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”
-
Mark 14:33 ἤρξατο He began
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
-
Mark 14:65 ἤρξαντό began
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
-
Mark 14:69 ἤρξατο began
There the servant girl saw him and again said to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”
-
Mark 14:71 ἤρξατο he began
But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”
-
Mark 15:8 ἤρξατο began
So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
-
Mark 15:18 ἤρξαντο they began
And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Luke · 31
-
Luke 3:8 ἄρξησθε may begin
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
-
Luke 3:23 ἀρχόμενος beginning
Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
-
Luke 4:21 ἤρξατο He began
and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
-
Luke 5:21 ἤρξαντο began
But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
-
Luke 7:15 ἤρξατο began
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
-
Luke 7:24 ἤρξατο He began
After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
-
Luke 7:38 ἤρξατο she began
As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
-
Luke 7:49 ἤρξαντο began
But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
-
Luke 9:12 ἤρξατο began
As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”
-
Luke 11:29 ἤρξατο He began
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
-
Luke 11:53 ἤρξαντο [then] began
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
-
Luke 12:1 ἤρξατο He began
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
-
Luke 12:45 ἄρξηται shall begin
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
-
Luke 13:25 ἄρξησθε you may begin
After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
-
Luke 13:26 ἄρξεσθε will you begin
Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
-
Luke 14:9 ἄρξῃ you will begin
Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
-
Luke 14:18 ἤρξαντο began
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
-
Luke 14:29 ἄρξωνται may begin
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
-
Luke 14:30 ἤρξατο began
saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
-
Luke 15:14 ἤρξατο began
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
-
Luke 15:24 ἤρξαντο they began
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
-
Luke 19:37 ἤρξαντο began
And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
-
Luke 19:45 ἤρξατο He began
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.
-
Luke 20:9 Ἤρξατο He began
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
-
Luke 21:28 Ἀρχομένων Beginning
When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
-
Luke 22:23 ἤρξαντο began
Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.
-
Luke 23:2 Ἤρξαντο They began
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
-
Luke 23:5 ἀρξάμενος He has begun
But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
-
Luke 23:30 ἄρξονται They will begin
At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
-
Luke 24:27 ἀρξάμενος having begun
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
-
Luke 24:47 ἀρξάμενοι having begun
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
John · 1
-
John 13:5 ἤρξατο He began
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.
Acts · 10
-
Acts 1:1 ἤρξατο began
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
-
Acts 1:22 ἀρξάμενος having begun
beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
-
Acts 2:4 ἤρξαντο began
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
-
Acts 8:35 ἀρξάμενος having begun
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
-
Acts 10:37 ἀρξάμενος having begun
You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
-
Acts 11:4 ἀρξάμενος having begun
But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
-
Acts 11:15 ἄρξασθαί beginning
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
-
Acts 18:26 ἤρξατο began
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
-
Acts 24:2 ἤρξατο began
When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
-
Acts 27:35 ἤρξατο he began
After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
Romans · 1
-
Romans 15:12 ἄρχειν to rule
And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
2 Corinthians · 1
-
2 Corinthians 3:1 Ἀρχόμεθα Are we beginning
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
1 Peter · 1
-
1 Peter 4:17 ἄρξασθαι to have begun
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.