BEGIN [chiefly Heb. ḥālal; Gk. árchomai]. Those who interpret it in many passages pleonastically mean that in such passages as “began to teach” or “began to speak,” nothing more is intended than to express vividly and graphically the thought of the dependent infinitive. Mt. 4:17; Lk. 3:23; Acts 1:1 are so understood. For contrary opinion see Thayer’s Lexicon and Winer’s Grammar of NT Greek.
BEGIN [chiefly Heb. ḥālal; Gk. árchomai]. Those who interpret it in many passages pleonastically mean that in such passages as “began to teach” or “began to speak,” nothing more is intended than to express vividly and graphically the thought of the dependent infinitive. ; ; are so understood. For contrary opinion see Thayer’s Lexicon and Winer’s Grammar of NT Greek.
title={Begin},
volume={1},
journal={The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised},
