Words the Bible translates as beginning
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- roshרֹאשׁhead: the head on a body, and from that picture the top of a thing, the person in charge, the start of something, the choicest part, and the total of a count.
- archēἀρχήbeginning: the point in time where something starts
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- origin: the source from which something comes, the one in whom it starts
- ruler or realm of authority: those who hold power, or the office and sphere they hold
- corner or end: the outermost edge of a physical object
- reshitרֵאשִׁיתthe foremost of something: what stands at its head, whether first in time, first in rank, or the first and finest portion.
- teḥillahתְּחִלָּהthe beginning of something: its first point or earliest stage; in adverb form, "first," "at first," or "formerly."
- katabolēκαταβολήa founding: the laying down of something as its base or beginning, used in the New Testament only in the set phrase "the foundation of the world," a fixed term for creation
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- the depositing of seed: the laying down of seed that begins new life, the reproductive image behind the phrase "conceive" at Hebrews 11:11
- yesudיְסֻדbeginningnot studied yet
- rishahרִאשָׁהbeginningnot studied yet
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