Acts 22:27:4Acts.22.27.W4TAB
χιλίαρχος
khiliarkhos
“tribune”
- Transliteration
- khi-LI-ar-khos
- Extended
- khee-LIH-ahr-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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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-LI-ar-khos
- sentence
pro-sel-THŌN de ho khi-LI-ar-khos EI-pen au-TŌ LE-ge moi sy rō-MAI-os EI ho de E-phê NAI
Exegesis
The article ho {ὁ | ho} with chiliarchos {χιλίαρχος | khi-lí-ar-khos} introduces the specific cohort commander.
Root and etymology
chiliachi–iota–lambda–iota–alpha
“thousand”
In context — Acts 22:27
Then the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman ?” And he replied, “Yes.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 22:27, 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.22.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.27.W4.S1) and character.