Acts 14:5:12Acts.14.5.W12TAB

ἄρχουσιν

arkhousin

rulers

Transliteration
AR-khou-sin
Extended
AHR-khooh-sihn
IPA
/ˈar.kʰu.sin/

Meaning by language

English
rulers

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Result
ἄρ + χου + σιν
ar + khou + sin
arkhousin

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Chih/kh — like Bach
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    AR-khou-sin

  2. sentence

    hōs de e-GHE-ne-to hor-MÊ tôn e-thNÔN te kai i-ou-dai-ÔN syn tois AR-khou-sin au-TÔN hy-BRI-sai kai li-tho-bo-LÊ-sai au-TOUS

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase syn tois árchousin autôn {σὺν τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶν | syn tois árchousin autôn} ‘with their rulers’ includes civic leaders as participants.

In contextActs 14:5

But when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them.

About this coordinate

Acts 14:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 14:5, so the Greek word ἄρχουσιν (arkhousin) 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.14.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.5.W12.S1) and character.