Acts 23:5:14Acts.23.5.W14TAB
Ἄρχοντα
arkhonta
“a ruler”
- Transliteration
- AR-khon-ta
- Extended
- AHR-khohn-tah
- IPA
- /ˈar.kʰon.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- a ruler
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
AR-khon-ta
- sentence
E-phê te ho PAU-los ouk Ê-dein a-del-PHOI HO-ti es-TIN ar-khi-e-REUS GE-gra-ptai gar HO-ti AR-khon-ta tou la-OU sou ouk e-REIS ka-KÔS
Exegesis
A second hoti introduces the cited command: hoti Archonta tou laou sou ouk ereis kakōs {ὅτι Ἄρχοντα τοῦ λαοῦ σου οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς | hó-ti Ár-khon-ta toû la-oû sou oûk e-reîs ka-kôs}.
Within this quotation, the object Archonta {Ἄρχοντα | Ár-khon-ta} is fronted before the rest of the clause for focus, highlighting the dignity of the “ruler.”
In context — Acts 23:5
And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people .’”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 23:5, so the Greek word Ἄρχοντα (arkhonta) 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.23.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.5.W14.S1) and character.