Acts 23:26:7Acts.23.26.W7TAB
χαίρειν
khairein
“greetings”
- Transliteration
- KHAI-rein
- Extended
- kʰai-REI-een
- IPA
- /ˈkʰai.re.iːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- greetings
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHAI-rein
- sentence
KLAU-di-os ly-SI-as tôi kra-TI-stôi hê-ge-MO-ni PHÊ-li-ki KHAI-rein
Exegesis
The infinitive chairein {χαίρειν | chaí-rein} is the conventional epistolary greeting, syntactically hanging as a formula rather than as part of a finite clause, equivalent to an English “greetings” heading. The word order follows standard Greek epistolary style: sender, addressee, then greeting, which is mirrored closely in the formal rendering, while the dynamic reconstruction slightly reshapes it into a more familiar modern sentence (“sends greetings”) to clarify the relationship between sender and recipient.
Root and etymology
chairōchi–alpha–iota–rho–omega
“to rejoice, be glad”
In context — Acts 23:26
Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greetings .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 23:26, so the Greek word χαίρειν (khairein) 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.23.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.26.W7.S1) and character.