Noun (Fem. 1st Decl.)
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940) ἀπαρχή
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Occurrences in the GNT
Inflections: 3 Total occurrences: 9
Occurrences in the LXX
Inflection Lemma Uncontracted Form(s) Parsing Translation(s) Verse(s) ἀπαρχαὶ ἀπαρχή απαρχ·αι (fem) nom|voc pl first-fruits (nom|voc) Mal 3:8 , Ez 44:30 , Ez 48:18 ἀπαρχαῖς ἀπαρχή απαρχ·αις (fem) dat pl first-fruits (dat) 2Esd 22:44 , Ez 20:31 ἀπαρχὰς ἀπαρχή απαρχ·ας (fem) acc pl first-fruits (acc) Ex 22:28 , Ex 23:19 , Ex 25:2 , Ex 35:5 , Ex 36:6 , Nm 31:29 , Dt 12:6 , Dt 12:11 , Dt 12:17 , Dt 18:4 , 1Kgs 10:4 , 2Chr 31:12 , 2Chr 31:14 , 2Esd 20:40 , 2Esd 23:5 , Jdt 11:13 , TbBA 1:6 , TbS 1:6 , Sir 45:20 , Ez 20:40 , Ez 45:7 ἀπαρχάς ἀπαρχή απαρχ·ας (fem) acc pl first-fruits (acc) Ex 25:2 ἀπαρχὴ ἀπαρχή απαρχ·η (fem) nom|voc sg first-fruit (nom|voc) Nm 5:9 , Nm 18:11 , Nm 18:12 , 2Chr 31:10 , Ez 45:6 , Ez 48:8 , Ez 48:10 , Ez 48:12 , Ez 48:20 , Ez 48:21 ἀπαρχή ἀπαρχή απαρχ·η (fem) nom|voc sg first-fruit (nom|voc) Ex 25:3 , Ez 45:13 , Ez 48:9 ἀπαρχὴν ἀπαρχή απαρχ·ην (fem) acc sg first-fruit (acc) Lv 23:10 , Nm 15:20 , Nm 15:21 , Nm 18:30 , Nm 18:32 , Dt 18:4 , Dt 26:10 , Dt 33:21 , 2Chr 31:5 , 2Esd 20:38 , Ps 77:51 , Ps 104:36 , Sir 7:31 , Sir 35:7 , PsSol 15:3 , Ez 45:1 , Ez 45:16 , Ez 48:20 ἀπαρχῆς ἀπαρχή απαρχ·ης (fem) gen sg first-fruit (gen) Ex 39:1 , Lv 2:12 , Dt 26:2 , 1Kgs 2:29 , 2Esd 8:25 ἀπαρχῶν ἀπαρχή απαρχ·ων (fem) gen pl first-fruits (gen) Lv 22:12 , Nm 18:8 , Nm 18:29 , 2Kgs 1:21 , Ez 44:30 , Ez 45:7 , Ez 48:12 , Ez 48:18 , Ez 48:21
Inflections: 9 Total occurrences: 76
ἀπ·αρχή, -ῆς, ἡ first-fruit (n.) ἀρχαῖος -αία -ον ancient (adj.) ἀρχή, -ῆς, ἡ chief/head/ruler/beginning (n.) chief/head/ruler, beginning/origin. Context impacts meaning. If dative w/o definite article, "origin" often offers the least contradiction with other scriptures. Titles with definite article, then "chief/head/ruler" (chief-priest, arc ἄρχων, -οντος, ὁ ruler (n.) Ἀσι·άρχης, -ου, ὁ Asiarch (n.) ἐθν·άρχης, -ου, ὁ tribal chief (n.) ἑκατοντ·άρχης and -χος, -ου, ὁ centurion (n.) ἐν+άρχομαι to begin (v.) ἐπ·αρχεία v.l. -χία, -ας, ἡ office of praefectus (n.) πατρι·άρχης, -ου, ὁ patriarch (n.) πειθ·αρχέω to obey authority (v.) [hearken, yield to authority, persuaded by ruler] πολιτ·άρχης, -ου, ὁ magistrate (n.) προ·εν+άρχομαι to begin-before (v.) προ·ϋπ+άρχω to go about before all this (v.) στρατο·πεδ·άρχης, -ου, ὁ military commander (n.) τετρα·αρχέω v.l. τετρ·αρχ- to to be tetrarch (v.) τετρα·άρχης v.l. τετρ·άρχ-, -ου, ὁ tetrarch (n.) ὕπ·αρξις, -εως, ἡ possessions (n.) Lit:"under-rule", hence under-control, goods/possessions ὑπ+άρχω to to be (v.) A synonym of εἰμί, to be in existence, take initiative, begin φύλ·αρχος, -ου, ὁ [LXX] chief officer of; chief priest of a tribe among the Jews (n.) as a military term, at Athens, the commander of the cavalry furnished by each tribe χιλί·αρχος, -ου, ὁ chiliarch (n.) [leader of a thousand soldiers] ἄρχω to begin/rule (v.) Lit:"head/chief", hence rule or begin (depending upon context).