Luke 1:2:6Luke.1.2.W6PAT
ἀρχῆς
arkhês
“beginning”
- Transliteration
- ar-KHÊS
- Extended
- ahr-KHÊS
- IPA
- /arˈkʰɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- beginning
- French
- commencement
- Spanish
- principio
- Portuguese
- princípio
- German
- Anfang
- Russian
- начала
- Arabic-Simplified
- البداية
- Hindi
- आरंभ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起初
- Korean
- 시작
- Indonesian
- permulaan
- Bengali
- আরম্ভ
- Tagalog
- pasimula
- Swahili
- mwanzo
- Amharic
- መጀመሪያ
- Yoruba
- ibẹrẹ
- Igbo
- mbido
- Twi
- ahyɛase
- Ewe
- gome
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Result
ἀρ + χῆς
↓
ar + khês
↓
arkhês
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ar-KHÊS
- sentence
ka-THOS pa-RE-do-san hê-MEEN hoi ap ar-KHÊS au-TOP-tai kai hy-pê-RE-tai ge-NO-me-noi tou LO-gou
In context — Luke 1:2
just as {They} handed down to us those who from beginning eyewitnesses and servants having become of the word
About this coordinate
Luke 1:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 1:2, so the Greek word ἀρχῆς (arkhês) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.1.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.2.W6.S1) and character.