Acts 25:15:12Acts.25.15.W12TAB
πρεσβύτεροι
presbyteroi
“elders”
- Transliteration
- pres-BY-te-roi
- Extended
- prehss-BYOO-teh-roi
- IPA
- /presˈby.te.roi/
Meaning by language
- English
- elders
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pres-BY-te-roi
- sentence
pe-RI hou ge-no-ME-nou mou eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma e-ne-PHA-ni-san hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi tôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ai-TOU-me-noi kat au-TOU ka-ta-DI-kên
Exegesis
The main verb enephanisan {ἐνεφάνισαν | enephánisan} carries a technical judicial sense, “they made known” or “they brought charges,” and governs the coordinated subject hoi archiereis kai hoi presbyteroi tōn Ioudaiōn {οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν Ἰουδαίων | hoi archiereîs kaì hoi presbýteroi tôn Ioudaíōn}, identifying an official delegation from the Jewish leadership.
In context — Acts 25:15
Concerning whom, when I arrived in Jerusalem , the chief priests and the elders of the Jews made a formal charge, requesting a sentence of condemnation against him.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 25:15, so the Greek word πρεσβύτεροι (presbyteroi) 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.25.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.15.W12.S1) and character.