What does ἀρχή · ἐξουσία mean in the Bible?
ἀρχή · ἐξουσία is a Greek phrase meaning "rulers and authorities".
Greek · G746, G1849
ἀρχαί καὶ ἐξουσίαι
Beginning · authority
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ἀρχή G746 beginning
Pronunciation archḗ
Beginning as origin or first cause; also means rule/authority when referring to cosmic powers or earthly governance.
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ἐξουσία G1849 authority
Pronunciation exousía
Liberty or power to act; authority as rightful power, especially judicial and governmental authority
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What does ἀρχαί καὶ ἐξουσίαι (archai kai exousiai) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχή · ἐξουσία is a Greek phrase meaning "rulers and authorities".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G746, G1849?
G746, G1849 is connected to 55 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. rulers and authorities
Source Gloss
rulers and authorities
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 55 Case pattern Genitive (26) Number pattern Singular (45)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:8 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 13:8 · Col 1:18 · Rev 3:14 · Rev 21:6 · Rev 22:13 7×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rom 8:38 · Col 1:16 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 19:4 · Matt 19:8 · Matt 24:21 · Mark 10:6 · Mark 13:19 · Luke 1:2 · John 6:64 · John 8:44 · John 15:27 · John 16:4 · Acts 26:4 · Eph 1:21 · Col 2:10 · Heb 5:12 · Heb 6:1 · 2 Pet 3:4 26×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 20:20 · John 1:1 · John 1:2 · Acts 11:15 · Phil 4:15 5×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 10:11 · Acts 11:5 · Eph 3:10 · Titus 3:1 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 2:11 · John 8:25 · 1 Cor 15:24 · Heb 2:3 · Heb 3:14 · Heb 7:3 · Jude 1:6 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 12:11 · Eph 6:12 · Col 2:15 · Heb 1:10 4×
Word Origins
ἀρχαί καὶ ἐξουσίαι is built from this root:
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