Senses
1. begin, start — To begin or commence an action, used in the middle voice (ἄρχομαι) throughout the NT to indicate the initiation of an activity or state, often followed by an infinitive specifying the action begun. 84×
AR["ابْتَدَأَ","اِبتَدَأَ","بَدَأَ"]·ben["তিনি-শুরু-করলেন","শুরু-করল","শুরু-করলেন"]·DE["anfangen","beginnt"]·EN["began","he-began"]·FR["commencer"]·heb["הֵחֵל"]·HI["आरम्भ-किया","का","लगा","शुरु-किय","शुरू-किया"]·ID["Dia-mulai","Ia-mulai","dia-mulai","ia-mulai","mulai"]·IT["cominciare"]·jav["miwiti","panjenenganipun-wiwit","piyambakipun-wiwit","wiwit"]·KO["시작하셨다","시작하셨으니","시작했다"]·PT["começou"]·RU["начал"]·ES["comenzó"]·SW["alianza"]·TR["başladı"]·urd["شروع-کیا","شُروع-کِیا"]
Matt 4:17, Matt 11:7, Matt 11:20, Matt 12:1, Matt 16:21, Matt 16:22, Matt 26:22, Matt 26:37, Matt 26:74, Mark 1:45, Mark 2:23, Mark 4:1 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἄρχω, Epic dialect infinitive ἀρχέμεναιRefs 8th c.BC+imperfect ἦρχονRefs; Doric dialect ἆρχονRefs 5th c.BC+: future ἄρξωRefs 8th c.BC+aorist ἦρξα, Epic dialect ἄρξαRefs 8th c.BC+: perfect ἦρχαRefs 1st c.AD+:—middle, Refs 8th c.BC+; non-thematic participle ἄρχμενοςRefs 3rd c.BC+: imperfect, Refs 8th c.BC+future ἄρξομαι (in middle sense, see below) Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect ἀρξεῦμαιRefs 3rd…