G536 – aparche – ἀπαρχή – first-fruits
- Strong’s ID:
- G536
- Greek Word:
- ἀπαρχή
- Transliteration:
- aparche
- Pronunciation:
- ap-ar-khay’
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 8
- Search:
- Find “aparche” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a compound of G575 and G756; a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively):—first-fruits.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to offer firstlings or firstfruits
2) 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.
3) persons superior in excellence to others of the same class
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.