Acts 18:8:4Acts.18.8.W4TAB
ἀρχισυνάγωγος
arkhisynagōgos
“ruler of the synagogue”
- Transliteration
- ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-gos
- Extended
- ahr-khih-syoo-NAH-goh-gohs
- IPA
- /ar.kʰi.syˈna.goː.gos/
Meaning by language
- English
- ruler of the synagogue
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-gos
- sentence
KRIS-pos de ho ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-gos e-PI-steu-sen tō KY-ree-ō syn HO-lō tō OI-kō au-TOU kai pol-LOI tōn ko-rin-THI-ōn a-KOU-on-tes e-PI-steu-on kai e-bap-TI-dzon-to
Exegesis
The definite article ho {ὁ | ho} plus archisynagogos {ἀρχισυνάγωγος | ar-khi-su-NÁ-go-gos} forms a noun phrase “the ruler of the synagogue,” foregrounding Crispus’s official status.
Root and etymology
archi-alpha–rho–chi–iota
“chief, principal”
In context — Acts 18:8
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue , believed in the Lord along with his whole household; and many Corinthians, as they listened, believed and were being baptized.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 18:8, so the Greek word ἀρχισυνάγωγος (arkhisynagōgos) 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.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.8.W4.S1) and character.