{"def":{"short":"a beginning of sacrifice, i.e., the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)","long":["to offer firstlings or firstfruits","to take away the firstfruits of the productions of the earth which was offered to God","persons superior in excellence to others of the same class"]},"deriv":"from a compound of G0575 and G0756","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑ.pɑrˈxe","ipa_mod":"ɑ.pɑrˈxe̞","sbl":"aparchē","dic":"ah-pahr-HAY","dic_mod":"ah-pahr-HAY"},"see":["G0575","G0756"],"comment":"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."}