Acts 23:19:7Acts.23.19.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
e-pi-la-BO-me-nos de tês khei-ROS au-TOU ho khi-LI-ar-khos kai a-na-khô-RÊE-sas kat i-DEE-an e-pyn-THA-ne-to TEE es-TIN ho E-kheis a-pan-GEI-LAI moi
Exegesis
The subject ho chiliarchos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | ho khiliárkhos} follows, marking the commander as the agent of all subsequent actions.
Root and etymology
chilioichi–iota–lambda–iota–omicron–iota
“a thousand”
In context — Acts 23:19
Then the commander took him by the hand and, after withdrawing privately, began to ask, “What is it that you have to declare to me?”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 23:19, 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.23.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.19.W7.S1) and character.