Adjective (2-1-2)
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940) ἀρχαῖος
Trench's Synonyms of the New Testament (1880) §lxvii. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός
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Occurrences in the GNT
Inflections: 7 Total occurrences: 12
Occurrences in the LXX
Inflection Lemma Uncontracted Form(s) Parsing Translation(s) Verse(s) ἀρχαία ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·α neu nom|acc|voc pl or fem nom|voc sg ancient (nom|acc|voc, nom|voc) 1Kgs 24:14 ἀρχαῖα ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·α neu nom|acc|voc pl or fem nom|voc sg ancient (nom|acc|voc, nom|voc) Ps 88:50 , Ps 138:5 , Wsd 8:8 , Is 43:18 ἀρχαίαις ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·αις fem dat pl ancient (dat) Ps 43:2 ἀρχαίαν ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·αν fem acc sg ancient (acc) 2Mc 6:22 , Is 25:1 , Ez 21:26 ἀρχαίας ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·ας fem gen sg or fem acc pl ancient (acc, gen) Ps 76:6 , Wsd 13:10 , Sir 2:10 , Is 22:9 , Is 22:11 ἀρχαῖον ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·ον neu nom|acc|voc sg or mas acc sg ancient (acc, nom|acc|voc) Sir 9:10 , Is 23:17 ἀρχαίων ἀρχαῖος αρχαι·ων neu gen pl or mas gen pl or fem gen pl ancient (gen) JgsB 5:21 , 3Kgs 2:35b , 3Kgs 5:10 , Ps 78:8 , Ps 142:5 , Sir 16:7 , Sir 39:1 , PsSol 18:12 , Is 37:26 , Lam 1:7 , Lam 2:17
Inflections: 7 Total occurrences: 27
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).