Acts 21:11:41Acts.21.11.W41TAB
χεῖρας
kheiras
“hands”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-ras
- Extended
- KHAY-rahs
- IPA
- /ˈkʰei.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
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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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
KHEI-ras
- sentence
kai el-THON pros hê-MAS kai A-ras tên ZÔ-nên tou PAU-lou DÊ-sas he-au-TOU tous PO-das kai tas KHEI-ras EI-pen TA-de LE-gei to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on ton AN-dra hou es-tin hê ZÔ-nê HAU-tê HOU-tôs DÊ-sou-sin en ie-rou-sa-LÊM hoi i-ou-dai-OI kai pa-ra-DÔ-sou-sin eis KHEI-ras e-THNÔN
Exegesis
Two future verbs—desousin {δήσουσιν | dḗ-sou-sin} ‘they will bind’ and paradosousin {παραδώσουσιν | pa-ra-dṓ-sou-sin} ‘they will deliver’—state the outcome with certainty, with hoi Ioudaioi {οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι | hoi I-ou-daî-oi} as the subject of both, located by en Ierousalem {ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ | en Ie-rou-sa-lḗm} and resulting in eis kheiras ethnon {εἰς χεῖρας ἐθνῶν | eis kheî-ras eth-nôn}.
Root and etymology
cheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand”
In context — Acts 21:11
He came to us, took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit : ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt, and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles .’”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:11:41 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 41 of Acts 21:11, so the Greek word χεῖρας (kheiras) 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.21.11.W41, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.11.W41.S1) and character.