Strong's Number 746

Transliteration:
arche {ar-khay'}
Word Origin:
from 756
TDNT:
1:479,81
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
beginning 40, principality 8, corner 2, first 2, misc 6

Total: 58
Definition:
  1. beginning, origin
  2. the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a series, the leader
  3. that by which anything begins to be, the origin, the active cause
  4. the extremity of a thing
    1. of the corners of a sail
  5. the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
    1. of angels and demons