Acts 21:33:4Acts.21.33.W4TAB
χιλίαρχος
khiliarkhos
“tribune”
- Transliteration
- khi-LI-ar-khos
- Extended
- khih-LIH-ah r-khohs
- IPA
- /kʰiˈli.ar.kʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- tribune
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
khi-LI-ar-khos
- sentence
TO-te en-GI-sas ho khi-LI-ar-khos e-pe-LA-be-to au-TOU KAI e-KE-leu-se de-THÊ-nai ha-LY-se-si dy-SI KAI e-pyn-THA-ne-to TIS EI-ê KAI TI ES-tin pe-poi-ê-KŌS
Exegesis
The subject ho chiliarchos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | khi-lí-ár-khōs} identifies the military officer.
Root and etymology
arkhōalpha–rho–chi–omega
“to rule, to lead”
In context — Acts 21:33
Then the commander came up, seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains . He asked who he was and what he had done.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 21:33, so the Greek word χιλίαρχος (khiliarkhos) 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.21.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.33.W4.S1) and character.