Acts 23:10:7Acts.23.10.W7TAB
χιλίαρχος
khiliarkhos
“tribune”
- Transliteration
- khi-LI-ar-khos
- Extended
- kʰih-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
pol-LÊS de gi-no-ME-nês STA-se-ôs pho-bê-THEIS ho khi-LI-ar-khos mê di-a-spas-THÊI ho PAU-los hyp au-TÔN e-KE-leu-sen to STRA-teu-ma ka-ta-BAN har-PA-sai au-TON ek ME-sou au-TÔN A-gein te eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle phobētheis {φοβηθεὶς | phobētheís} ‘having become afraid’ introduces the inner response of the chiliarchos, the tribune {χιλίαρχος | chilíarchos}, and functions as a participle of cause, explaining why he acts.
Root and etymology
chilioichi–iota–lambda–iota–omicron–iota
“thousand”
In context — Acts 23:10
But when a great dissension was taking place, the tribune became afraid that Paul might be torn apart by them, and he commanded the soldiers to go down, seize him out of their midst, and bring him into the barracks.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 23:10, 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.23.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.10.W7.S1) and character.