BEGIN'NING, ppr. First entering upon; commencing; giving rise or original; taking rise or origin.
BEGIN'NING, n. The first cause; origin.
I am the beginning and the ending. Rev 1.
1. That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being.
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1.
3. The rudiments, first ground or materials.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow
