Strong's Number 536
Transliteration:
aparche
{ap-ar-khay'}
Word Origin:
from a compound of
575 and
756TDNT:
1:484,81
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
firstfruits 8
Total: 8
Definition:
- to offer firstlings or firstfruits
- to take away the firstfruits of the productions of the earth which was offered to God. The first portion of the dough, from which sacred loaves were to be prepared. Hence term used of persons consecrated to God for all time.
- persons superior in excellence to others of the same class