Acts 22:4:6Acts.22.4.W6TAB
ἄχρι
akhri
“as far as”
- Transliteration
- A-khri
- Extended
- AH-khrih
- IPA
- /ˈa.kʰri/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
A-khri
- sentence
hos TAU-tên tên ho-DON e-DI-ōk-sa A-khri tha-NA-tou des-MEU-ōn kai pa-ra-di-DOUS eis phy-la-KAS AN-dras te kai gy-NAI-kas
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase achri thanatou {ἄχρι θανάτου | á-chri tha-ná-tou} ‘up to death’ specifies the extreme limit of that persecution, modifying ediōxa and indicating that the campaign could and did result in death.
In context — Acts 22:4
I myself persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and handing over to prisons both men and women .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 22:4, so the Greek word ἄχρι (akhri) 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.22.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.4.W6.S1) and character.