Acts 15:6:7Acts.15.6.W7TAB
πρεσβύτεροι
presbyteroi
“elders”
- Transliteration
- pres-BY-te-roi
- Extended
- prehss-BY-teh-roi
- IPA
- /presˈbyː.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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The word
Word in context
- word
pres-BY-te-roi
- sentence
sy-NEEKH-thê-SAN te hoi a-PO-sto-loi kai hoi pres-BY-te-roi i-de-IN pe-RI tou LO-gou TOU-tou
Exegesis
The coordinated nominative phrases hoi apostoloi {οἱ ἀπόστολοι | hoi apóstoloi} ‘the apostles’ and hoi presbyteroi {οἱ πρεσβύτεροι | hoi presbýteroi} ‘the elders’, joined by kai {καί | kaí} ‘and’, frame a joint decision-making body.
Root and etymology
presbyterospi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–tau–epsilon–rho–omicron–sigma
“elder, older man”
In context — Acts 15:6
Then the apostles and the elders came together to examine this matter .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 15:6, 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.15.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.6.W7.S1) and character.