What does ἐνάρχομαι (enárchomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐνάρχομαι (enárchomai): To begin or commence an action, emphasizing the start of a process or undertaking.
Greek · G1728
ἐνάρχομαι
To commence on
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ἐνάρχομαι G1728
Pronunciation enárchomai
What does ἐνάρχομαι (enárchomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐνάρχομαι (enárchomai): To begin or commence an action, emphasizing the start of a process or undertaking.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1728?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include After starting (1), who began (1).
Where does ἐνάρχομαι (enárchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Galatians 3:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It After starting 1× Galatians 3:3
who began 1× Philippians 1:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Galatians 3:3
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Galatians 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
ἐναρξάμενοι 1x enarxamenoi Galatians 3:3
ἐναρξάμενος 1x enarxamenos Philippians 1:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Galatians 3:3
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Philippians 1:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To begin or commence an action, emphasizing the start of a process or undertaking.
Strong's G1728
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 1:3–8 Source Gloss
to commence on
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Galatians 3:3 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐναρξάμενοι enarxamenoi
I begin
Read verse Philippians 1:6 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐναρξάμενος enarxamenov
I begin
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Middle Gal 3:3 · Phil 1:6 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
middle 2
Mood
participle 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
to commence or begin an action, specifically beginning in the Spirit
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐνάρχομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain