Acts 12:2:7Acts.12.2.W7TAB
μαχαίρῃ
makhairē
“with a sword”
- Transliteration
- ma-KHAI-rē
- Extended
- mah-KHAI-ray
- IPA
- /maˈkʰai.rɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a sword
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-KHAI-rē
- sentence
a-NEI-len de i-A-kō-bon ton a-del-PHON i-ō-AN-nou ma-KHAI-rē
Exegesis
The dative machairē {μαχαίρῃ | ma-khaí-rē} is an instrumental dative indicating means, naturally rendered “with a sword” or “using a sword.” English requires an explicit subject pronoun “he,” supplied from context, and rearranges the elements into standard subject–verb–object order while preserving the relational apposition (“the brother of John”) and the instrumental phrase expressing the method of execution.
Root and etymology
machairamu alpha chi alpha iota rho alpha
“knife, short sword”
In context — Acts 12:2
But he killed James , the brother of John, with a sword .
About this coordinate
Acts 12:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 12:2, so the Greek word μαχαίρῃ (makhairē) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.12.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.12.2.W7.S1) and character.