Acts 17:6:12Acts.17.6.W12TAB
πολιτάρχας
politarkhas
“city rulers”
- Transliteration
- po-li-TA-rkhas
- Extended
- poh-li-TAH-rkhahs
- IPA
- /po.liˈtar.kʰas/
Meaning by language
- English
- city rulers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
po-li-TA-rkhas
- sentence
mê heu-RON-tes de au-TOUS E-sy-ron i-A-so-na KAI TI-nas a-del-PHOUS e-PI tous po-li-TA-rkhas bo-ÔN-tes HO-ti hoi tên oi-kou-ME-nên a-na-sta-TÔ-san-tes HOU-toi kai en-THA-de PA-rei-sin
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase epi tous politarchas {ἐπὶ τοὺς πολιτάρχας | epì toùs politárkhas} uses epi with the accusative to indicate movement toward a goal, here a legal or civic forum before the city magistrates.
In context — Acts 17:6
But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 17:6, so the Greek word πολιτάρχας (politarkhas) 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.17.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.6.W12.S1) and character.