Acts 19:33:16Acts.19.33.W16TAB
χεῖρα
kheira
“hand”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-ra
- Extended
- KHEI-rah
- IPA
- /ˈkʰiː.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- hand
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
KHEI-ra
- sentence
ek de tou O-khlou sy-ne-BI-ba-san a-LEK-san-dron pro-ba-LON-tōn au-TON tōn i-ou-da-Iōn ho de a-LEK-san-dros ka-ta-SEI-sas tēn KHEI-ra Ê-the-len a-po-lo-GEIS-thai tō DÊ-mō
Exegesis
The participle kataseisas tēn kheira {κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα | ka-ta-seí-sas tēn kheî-ra} ‘having motioned the hand’ functions adverbially to describe his gesture for attention.
Root and etymology
cheirkhi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand, power, agency”
In context — Acts 19:33
But from the crowd they brought forward Alexander, the Jews having put him forward; and Alexander, having motioned with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:33:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 19:33, so the Greek word χεῖρα (kheira) 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.19.33.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.33.W16.S1) and character.