Acts 24:22:16Acts.24.22.W16TAB
χιλίαρχος
khiliarkhos
“commander”
- Transliteration
- khi-LI-ar-khos
- Extended
- kʰi-LEE-ahr-kʰohs
- IPA
- /kʰiˈli.ar.kʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- commander
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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Word in context
- word
khi-LI-ar-khos
- clause
HO-tan ly-SI-as ho khi-LI-ar-khos ka-ta-BÊ di-a-GNÔ-so-mai ta kath hy-MAS
- sentence
a-ne-BA-le-to de au-TOUS ho PHÊ-liks a-kri-BE-ste-ron ei-DÔS ta pe-RI tÊS ho-DOU EI-pas HO-tan ly-SI-as ho khi-LI-ar-khos ka-ta-BÊ di-a-GNÔ-so-mai ta kath hy-MAS
Exegesis
The temporal clause introduced by hotan katabē {Ὅταν Λυσίας ὁ χιλίαρχος καταβῇ | Hó-tan Ly-sí-as ho chi-lí-ar-chos ka-ta-bê} uses the subjunctive to present an indefinite future condition: “whenever Lysias the commander comes down.” Within this clause, Lysias ho chiliarchos forms the subject phrase with an appositional title specifying military rank.
Root and etymology
chiliarchos
“leader of a thousand, military commander”
In context — Acts 24:22
But Felix, knowing more exactly the things about the Way , postponed them and said, “Whenever Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide the things concerning you.”
About this coordinate
Acts 24:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 24:22, 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.24.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.22.W16.S1) and character.