Acts 16:38:6Acts.16.38.W6TAB

ῥαβδοῦχοι

hrabdoukhoi

officers

Transliteration
hrab-DOU-khoi
Extended
hrahb-DOO-khoi
IPA
/rʰabˈduː.kʰoi/

Meaning by language

English
officers

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Result
ῥαβ + δοῦ + χοι
hrab + dou + khoi
hrabdoukhoi

Alphabet Analysis

Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father
Betav — as in victory
Deltath — as in this
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Chih/kh — like Bach
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hrab-DOU-khoi

  2. sentence

    a-PEEN-gei-lan de tois stra-tay-GOIS hoi hrab-DOU-khoi ta RHAY-ma-ta TAU-ta e-pho-BAY-thay-san de a-KOU-san-tes HO-ti rhô-mai-OI EI-sin

Exegesis

The subject hoí rhabdouchoi {οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι | hoí rhabdoûchoi} follows, emphasizing the lictors who convey the report.

In contextActs 16:38

The lictors reported these words to the magistrates; and they became afraid when they heard that they were Romans .

About this coordinate

Acts 16:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 16:38, so the Greek word ῥαβδοῦχοι (hrabdoukhoi) 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.16.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.38.W6.S1) and character.