A zygote (from Greek Î¶ÏÎ³ÏÏÏÏ zygÅtos joined or yoked, from Î¶ÏÎ³Î¿á¿¦Î½ zygoun to join or to yoke), is an eukaryotic cell formed by a fertilization event between two gametes. The zygote's genome is a combination of the DNA in each gamete, and contains all of the genetic information necessary to form a new individual. In multicellular organisms, the zygote is the earliest developmental stage.
Greek/Hebrew Definitions. Strong's #2479: ischus (pronounced is-khoos'). from a derivative of is (force; compare eschon, a form of 2192); forcefulness (literally or figuratively):--ability, might(-ily), power, strength. Thayer's Greek Lexicon: ÌÌ. ischus.
Arche (Ancient Greek: á¼ÏÏÎ®) is a Greek word with primary senses beginning, origin or source of action.(ÎµÎ¾â á¼ÏÏÎ®Ï: from the beginning, Î¿r ÎµÎ¾â á¼ÏÏÎ®Ï Î»ÏÎ³Î¿Ï: the original argument), and later first principle or element, first so used by Anaximander (Simplicius in Ph. 150.23), principles of knowledge (á¼ÏÏÎ±Î¯) (Aristot.his source of entity is always preserved. (Aristotle-Metaph.A, 983, b6ff). Anaximander was the first philosopher that used arche for that which writers from Aristotle onwards called the substratum (Simplicius Phys.