Acts 23:22:4Acts.23.22.W4TAB
χιλίαρχος
khileearkhos
“the tribune”
- Transliteration
- khi-LEE-ar-khos
- Extended
- khee-LEE-ahrr-khohs
- IPA
- /kʰiˈli.ar.kʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
ho men oun khi-LEE-ar-khos a-PE-ly-se ton ne-a-NEE-skon pa-ra-NGAY-las mê-de-NEE ek-la-LÊ-sai HO-ti TAU-ta e-ne-PHA-ni-sas pros e-ME
Exegesis
The nominative ho khiliarkhos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | ho khilíarkhos} functions as the grammatical subject for the finite verb apelyse {ἀπέλυσε | apélusen} “released,” forming the main clause.
Root and etymology
archōalpha–rho–chi–omega
“to rule, be leader”
In context — Acts 23:22
So the tribune released the young man, after instructing him to tell no one that you have made these things known to me.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 23:22, 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.23.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.22.W4.S1) and character.