ἄρχω,
[in LXX for חלל, משׁל, etc.;]
1. to begin.
2. to rule (v. DCG, ii, 538b.): c. gen., Mk 10:42, Ro 15:12. Mid., to begin: seq. ἀπό, Mt 16:2120:8, Lk 14:1823:524:27, 47, Jo 8:9, Ac 1:228:3510:37, I Pe 4:17; c. inf., an Aramaic pleonasm, Mk 1:452:235:17, Lk 3:8, al. (v. M, Pr., 14 f.; Dalman, Words, 27; MM, s.v.).