Acts 14:23:1Acts.14.23.W1TAB
χειροτονήσαντες
kheirotoneesantes
“having appointed”
- Transliteration
- khei-ro-to-NEE-san-tes
- Extended
- khei-roh-toh-NEE-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /kʰei.ro.toˈneː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having appointed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khei-ro-to-NEE-san-tes
- sentence
khei-ro-to-NEE-san-tes de au-TOIS kat ek-klê-SI-an pres-by-TE-rous pro-seu-KSA-me-noi me-TA nê-stei-ÔN pa-RE-the(n)-to au-TOUS tôi KY-ree-ôi eis hon pe-pi-STEY-kei-san
Exegesis
The verse presents two aorist participles, kheirotonesantes {χειροτονήσαντες | kheirotonḗsantes} ‘having appointed’ and proseuxamenoi {προσευξάμενοι | proseuxámenoi} ‘having prayed,’ which frame the main verb parethento {παρέθεντο | paréthento} ‘they entrusted.’
Root and etymology
kheirotoneōchi–epsilon–iota–rho–omicron–tau–omicron–nu–epsilon–omega
“to stretch out the hand to appoint”
In context — Acts 14:23
Once they had appointed elders for them in every church, they offered prayer and fasting and then handed those leaders over to the Lord in Whom they had believed .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 14:23, so the Greek word χειροτονήσαντες (kheirotoneesantes) 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.14.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.23.W1.S1) and character.