Acts 23:14:4Acts.23.14.W4TAB
ἀρχιερεῦσιν
arkhiereusin
“chief priests”
- Transliteration
- ar-khi-e-REU-sin
- Extended
- ahr-khee-eh-REU-seen
- IPA
- /ar.kʰi.eˈreu.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- chief priests
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ar-khi-e-REU-sin
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes pro-sel-THON-tes tois ar-khi-e-REU-sin KAI tois pres-by-TE-rois EI-pan a-na-THE-ma-ti a-ne-the-ma-TI-sa-men he-au-TOUS mê-de-NOS GEU-sas-thai HE-ōs hou a-pok-TEI-nō-men ton PAU-lon
Exegesis
The coordinated dative phrase tois archiereusin kai tois presbyterois {τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις | toîs archiereûsin kaí toîs presbutérois} marks the chief priests and the elders, the leadership of the Jewish council, as the recipients of the approach and speech. The finite verb eipan introduces the direct quotation that details the content of the conspirators’ vow.
In context — Acts 23:14
Those who had approached the chief priests and the elders said, “With a curse we have bound ourselves not to taste anything until we have killed Paul.”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 23:14, so the Greek word ἀρχιερεῦσιν (arkhiereusin) 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.23.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.14.W4.S1) and character.