Τὴν ἀρχὴν ὅ, τι καὶ λαλω̃ ὑμι̃ν (John 8:25) → Just what I have been saying to you from the very beginning
from סָלַל; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
