Acts 15:23:3Acts.15.23.W3TAB

χειρὸς

kheiros

hand

Transliteration
khei-ROS
Extended
kheh-EE-ROHS
IPA
/kʰeiˈros/

Meaning by language

English
hand

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Result
χει + ρὸς
khei + ros
kheiros

Alphabet Analysis

Chih/kh — like Bach
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    khei-ROS

  2. sentence

    GRA-psan-tes di-A khei-ROS au-TON hoi a-PO-sto-loi KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi a-del-PHOI tois ka-TA tên an-ti-O-khei-an KAI SY-ri-an KAI ki-li-KI-an a-del-PHOIS tois eks eth-NÔN KHAI-rein

Exegesis

The verse begins with the aorist participle grapsantes dia cheiros autōn {γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν | grá-psan-tes diá khei-ròs autō̂n}, indicating that the senders themselves executed the writing, with dia governing the genitive cheiros autōn to stress personal authorship.

In contextActs 15:23

Having written by their own hand, the apostles and the elders, brothers , to the brothers from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greetings .

About this coordinate

Acts 15:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 15:23, so the Greek word χειρὸς (kheiros) 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.15.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.23.W3.S1) and character.