Acts 26:16:14Acts.26.16.W14TAB
προχειρίσασθαί
prokheireesasthai
“to appoint”
- Transliteration
- pro-kheir-EE-sas-thai
- Extended
- proh-kʰeir-EE-sahs-tʰai
- IPA
- /pro.kʰeiˈri.sa.s.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to appoint
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pro-kheir-EE-sas-thai
- sentence
al-LA a-NAS-tê-thi KAI STÊE-thi e-PI tous PO-das sou eis TOU-to gar O-phthên soi pro-kheir-EE-sas-thai se hy-pê-RET-ên KAI MAR-ty-ra hôn te EI-des me hôn te oph-THÊE-so-mai soi
Exegesis
The infinitive procheirisasthai se {προχειρίσασθαί σε | procheirísasthai se} ‘to appoint you’ governs the accusatives hypēretēn kai martyra {ὑπηρέτην καὶ μάρτυρα | hypēretḗn kaí márτυρα} ‘servant and witness,’ joined by te {τε | te} ‘both,’ defining Paul’s roles.
Root and etymology
kheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand”
In context — Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen of Me and of the things in which I will appear to you.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 26:16, so the Greek word προχειρίσασθαί (prokheireesasthai) 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.26.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.16.W14.S1) and character.