Greek noun
ἀρχή
ἀρχή, -ῆς, ἡ
ἀρχή is a Greek noun. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “beginning” (once), “command” (once), “province” (once) and “the beginning” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ἀρχή to the words it goes with.
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
ἀρχῇ: object of the preposition Ἐν; the phrase goes with ἦν.
Κῦρον δὲ μεταπέμπεται ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἧς αὐτὸν σατράπην ἐποίησε, καὶ στρατηγὸν δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπέδειξε πάντων ὅσοι ἐς Καστωλοῦ πεδίον ἁθροίζονται.
But he sends for Cyrus from the province of which he had made him satrap, and he also appointed him general of all who were gathering into the plain of Castolus.
ἀρχῆς: object of the preposition ἀπὸ; the phrase goes with μεταπέμπεται.
Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.
This one was in the beginning with God.
ἀρχῇ: object of the preposition ἐν; the phrase goes with ἦν.
ἡ δὲ μήτηρ ἐξαιτησαμένη αὐτὸν ἀποπέμπει πάλιν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν.
But his mother, having asked for him back, sent him away again to his command.
ἀρχήν: object of the preposition ἐπὶ; the phrase goes with ἀποπέμπει.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| ἀρχῇ | Dative · Singular · Feminine | 2 |
| ἀρχήν | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| ἀρχῆς | Genitive · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to ἀρχή by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the dativeThe Greek dative marks to whom or for whom, and also by what means and where. Its uses and endings, with real lines from Aesop, John and Homer.
- About the accusativeThe Greek accusative marks the direct object, motion towards after εἰς and πρός, and the subject of an infinitive. Real lines from Homer, Aesop and John.
- About the genitiveThe Greek genitive covers “of” and “from”: possession, the whole a part belongs to, prepositions and the genitive absolute. Real lines from John and Aesop.