Acts 16:22:9Acts.16.22.W9TAB
στρατηγοὶ
stratêgoi
“magistrates”
- Transliteration
- stra-tê-GOI
- Extended
- strah-teh-GOI
- IPA
- /stra.tɛːˈgoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- magistrates
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
stra-tê-GOI
- sentence
KAI sy-ne-PE-stê ho O-khlo-s kat au-TŌN KAI hoi stra-tê-GOI pe-ri-RÊX-an-tes au-TŌN ta hi-MA-ti-a e-KE-leu-on rhab-di-ZEIN
Exegesis
The second clause begins with the same conjunction and features hoi strategoi {οἱ στρατηγοὶ | hoi stra-tē-goí} “the magistrates” as subject.
Root and etymology
strategossigma–tau–rho–alpha–tau–eta–gamma–omicron–sigma
“army leader, chief magistrate”
In context — Acts 16:22
And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore off their garments and ordered that they be beaten with rods .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 16:22, so the Greek word στρατηγοὶ (stratêgoi) 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.16.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.22.W9.S1) and character.