Reference: Beginning
Morish
Besides the common use of this word in many connections, it is used in a special sense to carry the mind back into
a, eternity, when the Word was with God, and was God, by whom all things were made. Joh 1:1-3; Ac 15:18 (which should read 'from eternity'). Also to the eternity of Jehovah, 'the beginning and the end.' Re 1:8; 21:6; 22:13.
b, The creation, whether it was creating out of nothing or forming the heavens and the earth Isa 64:4; Heb 1:10. Also the creation of man and woman. Mt 19:4,8; Mr 10:6.
c, The beginning of Christianity. Joh 15:27; 16:4; 1Jo 1:1; 3:11; 2Jo 1:5-6.
d, foundation or source, It is used also with a moral sense as a foundation or source, as in Col 1:18; Re 3:14.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
And He answered them, "Have you not read [Gen. 1:27; 5:2] that when God created [mankind as] male and female,
Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives [only] because of the rebellious spirits you [Jews] had. But this was not how it was [intended to be] from the beginning [i.e., when God created one woman for one man].
But from the beginning of creation God made mankind male and female.
The Word [already] existed in the beginning [of time]. [Note: This is a reference to the preexistence of Jesus. See verse 14]. And the Word was with God and the Word was [what] God [was]. This Word existed with God from the beginning [of time]. read more. Everything came into being through this Word, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being.
And you will give testimony about me [also], because you men have been with me from the beginning [of my ministry]."
But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes [for people to do such things], you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning [of my ministry] because I was with you [i.e., to protect you from persecution].
This is what the Lord said when He predicted these things long ago.'
And He is the head of the [spiritual] body, the church. He is [its] source, the firstborn One from the dead [i.e., the first one to return to life, never to die again], so that He could rank first [in importance] over all things.
And [Psa. 102:25-27 says], "Lord, in the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hand.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega" [Note: These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and indicate "the beginning and the end" See 21:6], says the Lord God Almighty, who is [in the present], and who was [in the past] and who will come [in the future].
"Write [this] to the angel of the church at Laodicia: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the source [or, ruler] of God's creation [See John 1:3; Heb. 1:1-2]:
Then He said to me, "These things have already happened. [Note: These words express the certainty of what has been predicted in this book, even though not all the events had actually taken place yet]. I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the beginning and the end. I will give the person who is [spiritually] thirsty [a drink] from the spring of water of life without his having to pay for it.
I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the first and the last, the beginning and the end."