Acts 22:28:4Acts.22.28.W4TAB
χιλίαρχος
khileearkhos
“tribune”
- Transliteration
- khi-LEE-ar-khos
- Extended
- khee-LEE-ah-rkhohs
- 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-LEE-ar-khos
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê de ho khi-LEE-ar-khos e-GÔ pol-LOU ke-pha-LAI-ou tên po-li-TEI-an TAU-tên ek-tê-SA-mên ho de PAU-los E-phê e-GÔ de KAI ge-GEN-nê-mai
Exegesis
The noun phrase ho chiliarchos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | ho khi-li-ar-khos} identifies his military office.
Root and etymology
khilioichi–iota–lambda–iota–omicron–iota
“leader of a thousand”
In context — Acts 22:28
The commander answered, “I obtained this citizenship with a large payment.” But Paul said, “But I also was born a citizen.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 22:28, so the Greek word χιλίαρχος (khileearkhos) 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.22.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.28.W4.S1) and character.