Acts 15:23:9Acts.15.23.W9TAB
πρεσβύτεροι
presbyteroi
“elders”
- Transliteration
- pres-BY-te-roi
- Extended
- prehss-BYOO-teh-roi
- IPA
- /presˈby.te.roi/
Meaning by language
- English
- elders
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pres-BY-te-roi
- 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 nominative sequence hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbyteroi adelphoi {Οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἀδελφοὶ | hoi apó-sto-loi kaí hoi pres-bú-te-roi a-del-phoí} appositionally links apostles and elders and then explicitly names them “brothers,” underlining shared spiritual kinship.
Root and etymology
presbyterospi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–tau–epsilon–rho–omicron–sigma
“elder, older man”
In context — Acts 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 15:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 15:23, so the Greek word πρεσβύτεροι (presbyteroi) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.23.W9.S1) and character.