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
4a) of the corners of a sail
5) the first place, principality, rule, magistracy
5a) of angels and demons
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 1:479, 81
G746
From G756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order, time, place or rank): - beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
Gloss | Section |
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f supernatural power | 12.44 |
d sphere of authority | 37.55 |
e ruler | 37.56 |
g elementary aspect | 58.20 |
b beginning (time) | 67.65 |
a beginning (aspect) | 68.1 |
h corner | 79.106 |
c first cause | 89.16 |
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University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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