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  "type": "word",
  "id": "G746",
  "lemma": "ἀρχή",
  "transliteration": "archḗ",
  "definition": "(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)",
  "kjv": "beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality…",
  "occurrences": 274,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G756",
      "lemma": "ἄρχομαι",
      "transliteration": "árchomai",
      "meaning": "to commence",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G756"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 19:4",
      "text": "He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/19?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 19:8",
      "text": "He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/19?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 24:8",
      "text": "But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 24:21",
      "text": "for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 1:1",
      "text": "The beginning of the Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 10:6",
      "text": "But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/10?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 13:8",
      "text": "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 13:19",
      "text": "For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/13?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 1:2",
      "text": "even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 12:11",
      "text": "When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=11"
    }
  ],
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