Genesis 11:6
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
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Revelation 10:7
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
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חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'
12 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 11:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 9:6
Open full H2490 profile →ἄρχομαι
árchomai · ar'-khom-ahee
11 times translated as this KJV form89 total Strong's occurrences
to commence (in order of time)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(rehearse from the) begin(-ning).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:49Strong's last: 1 Peter 4:17
Open full G756 profile →μέλλω
méllō · mel'-lo
1 times translated as this KJV form110 total Strong's occurrences
to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
Strong's KJV usage: :--about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, + which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), mean, mind, be at the point, (be) ready, + return, shall (begin), (which, that) should (after, afterwards, hereafter) tarry, which was for, will, would, be yet.
Strong's first: Revelation 10:7Strong's last: Revelation 10:7
Open full G3195 profile →תְּחִלָּה
tᵉchillâh · tekh-il-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly)
Strong's KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Nehemiah 11:17Strong's last: Nehemiah 11:17
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G756
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
G756
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
G756
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
G756
Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
G756
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
G756
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
G756
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
G756
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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begin
BEGIN', verb intransitive preterit tense began; participle passive begun. [Latin genero, gigno; Heb.to make ready, to adapt, prepare, establish.]
1. To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began. Luke 1:1.
Judgment must begin at the house of God. 1 Peter 4:17.
From Nimrod first the savage race began.
And tears began to flow.
2. To do the first act; to enter upon something new; to take the first step; as, begin my muse.
BEGIN every day to repent.
When I begin I will also make an end. 1 Samuel 3:12.
BEGIN'verb intransitive To do the first act of any thing; to enter on; to commence.
Ye nymphs of Solyma, begin the song.
And this they begin to do. Genesis 11:6.
2. To trace from any thing, as the first ground; to lay the foundation.
The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God.
To begin with, to enter upon first; to use or employ first; as, to begin with the Latin Grammar; to begin business with a small capital.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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