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            "lemma": "ἀπάρχομαι",
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                    "dictionary": "LSJ",
                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "<b>make a beginning<\/b>, esp. in sacrifice; τρίχας ἀπάρχεσθαι <b>begin the sacrifice with<\/b> the hair, i.e. by cutting off the hair from the forehead and throwing it into the fire, κάπρου ἀπὸ τρίχας ἀρξάμενος <i>Il.<\/i> 19.254; ἀλλ’ ὅ γ’ ἀπαρχόμενος τρίχας ἐν πυρὶ βάλλεν <i>Od.<\/i> 14.422; abs., 3.446. later c. gen., <b>cut off part<\/b> of a thing, <b>offer<\/b> it, τοῦ ὠτὸς τοῦ κτήνεος Hdt. 4.188; ἀ. κόμης E. <i>El.<\/i> 91; τῶν κρεῶν καὶ σπλάγχνων <b>offer part of<\/b> them, Hdt. 4.61; hence, <b>offer the first-lings<\/b> or <b>first-fruits<\/b>, πάντων of all sacrifices, Id. 3.24; abs., <b>begin a sacrifice<\/b>, Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 244, <i>Pax<\/i> 1056, etc. ; ἀ. τοῖς θεοῖς X. <i>Hier.<\/i> 4.2; ἀπηργμένοι, of eunuchs, <b>having had their first-fruits offered<\/b>, Anaxandr. 39.11. <i>metaph<\/i>, <b>take as the first-fruits, take as the choice<\/b> or <b>best<\/b>, δικαστήν Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 767c; abs., <b>offer first-fruits<\/b>, Theoc. 17.109. generally, <b>offer, dedicate<\/b>, χρυσᾶς (sc. δραχμάς) IG 2.652B 19, cf. Plu. <i>Sull.<\/i> 27, <i>AP<\/i> 7.406 (Theodorid.). later, = ἄρχομαι, <b>begin<\/b>, c. gen., πημάτων Lyc. 1409; c. inf., <font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> in Luc. <i>Nigr.<\/i> 3; <b>practise, prelude on<\/b>, ὀργάνων Him. <i>Or.<\/i> 17.2."
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                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "<i>anfangen<\/i>,<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> bei Hom. <i>das Stirnhaar des Opfertiers abschneiden und ins Feuer werfen<\/i>, womit das Opfer begonnen wurde, <i>Il<\/i>. 19.254 κάπρου ἀπὸ τρίχας ἀρξάμενος ; <i>Od<\/i>. 3.446, 14.422, vgl. <font color='green'>Buttmann<\/font> <i>Lexil<\/i>. 1.101 ff.; dah. übh. <i>ein Opfer beginnen<\/i>, Ar. <i>Ach<\/i>. 232, <i>Pl<\/i>. 1021, als Opfergabe darbringen ; bes. aber<br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>die Erstlinge als Opfer darbringen<\/i>, πάντων ἀπαρχόμενοι καὶ θυσίας οἱ προσάγοντες Her. 3.24 ; vgl. 4.61 ; τοῖς θεοῖς Xen. <i>Hier<\/i>. 4.2 ; absol., <i>Cyr<\/i>. 7.1.1 ; vgl. Plut. <i>Mar<\/i>. 27 ; übh. <i>als das Beste auswählen<\/i>, οἷον ἀπάρξασθαι πάσης ἀρχῆς ἕνα δικαστήν Plat. <i>Legg<\/i>. VI.767c. Auch <i>weihen, widmen<\/i> (als Opfer), Theorid. 9 (VII.406); komische Uebtr. scheint ἀπηργμένοι Anaxndr. bei Ath. VII.300a, <i>Verschnitten<\/i>e ; vgl. Eust. 1183.13. – Sp., wie Luc. <i>Nigr<\/i>. 3, = ἄρχομαι, <i>anfangen<\/i>."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. Dep. <br\/>2. <b>to make a beginning <\/b>, especially in sacrifice, τρίχας ἀπάρχεσθαι <b>to begin the sacrifice with <\/b> the hair, i. e. <b>by cutting off <\/b> the hair from the forehead and throwing it into the fire, (Iliad by Homer): <b>to begin <\/b> the <b>sacrificial <\/b> rites, (Odyssey by Homer) <br\/>3. with <i>genitive<\/i> <b>to cut off part <\/b> of a thing, <b>to offer <\/b> it, <b>to offer part of <\/b> a thing, (Herdotus Historicus) <br\/>4. <b>to offer the firstlings <\/b> or <b>first-fruits <\/b>, (Herdotus Historicus) <br\/>5. <i>metaphorically<\/i> <b>to take as the first-fruits, as <\/b> the <b>choice <\/b> or <b>best <\/b>, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) <br\/>6. ἀπάρχω Act., <b>to be the first, be leader, dance <\/b>, [<date><i>variant<\/i> dates<author>Anthology Palantina<\/author><\/date> (ML)"
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