Acts 13:20:10Acts.13.20.W10TAB

κριτὰς

kritas

judges

Transliteration
kri-TAS
Extended
krih-TAHS
IPA
/kriˈtas/

Meaning by language

English
judges

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Result
κρι + τὰς
kri + tas
kritas

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Rhor — rolled r
Iotai — as in machine
Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    kri-TAS

  2. sentence

    hōs E-te-si te-tra-ko-SI-ois KAI pen-TE-khon-ta KAI me-TA TAU-ta E-dō-ken kri-TAS HE-ōs sa-mou-EL tou pro-PHÊ-tou

Exegesis

The main verb edoken {ἔδωκεν | édōken} ‘he gave’ with its object kritas {κριτὰς | kritàs} ‘judges’ presents leadership as a divine gift.

In contextActs 13:20

For about four hundred and fifty years and after these things He gave judges until Samuel the prophet

About this coordinate

Acts 13:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 13:20, so the Greek word κριτὰς (kritas) 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.13.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.20.W10.S1) and character.