ἐκἄρχω
begin, lead off
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐκἄρχω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 9 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 15:21 ἐκἄρχω And Mariam led them, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: the horse and rider has he cast into the sea.
- Exodus 32:18 ἐκἄρχω And Moses says, It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin the cry of defeat, but the voice of them that begin the banquet of wine do I hear.
- Exodus 32:18 ἐκἄρχω And Moses says, It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin the cry of defeat, but the voice of them that begin the banquet of wine do I hear.
- Exodus 32:18 ἐκἄρχω And Moses says, It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin the cry of defeat, but the voice of them that begin the banquet of wine do I hear.
- 1 Samuel 18:2 ἐκἄρχω And Saul took him in that day, and did not suffer him to return to his father's house.
- 1 Samuel 21:12 ἐκἄρχω And David laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Anchus king of Geth.
- 1 Samuel 29:5 ἐκἄρχω Is not this David whom they celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- Psalms 146:7 ἐκἄρχω Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
- Isaiah 27:2 ἐκἄρχω In that day there shall be a fair vineyard, and a desire to commence a song concerning it.
About this word
About this word
ἐκἄρχω (ekárchō), “begin, lead off,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 9 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →