Acts 26:23:4Acts.26.23.W4TAB
χριστός
khristos
“Christ”
- Transliteration
- khri-STOS
- Extended
- khri-STOHS
- IPA
- /kʰriˈstos/
Meaning by language
- English
- Christ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khri-STOS
- sentence
EI pa-thê-TOS ho khri-STOS EI PRO-tos eks a-na-STA-se-ôs ne-KRÔN PHÔS MEL-lei ka-ta-NGEL-lein tôi te la-ÔI kai tois ETH-ne-sin
Exegesis
The predicate adjectives pathētos {παθητός | pa-thē-tós} and prōtos {πρῶτος | prô-tos} agree with christos {χριστός | chris-tós} in nominative case, with the copula understood in each clause.
Root and etymology
chriōchi–rho–iota–omega
“to anoint”
In context — Acts 26:23
That the Christ must suffer, and that, as the first from the resurrection of the dead, He is to proclaim light both to the people and to the nations.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 26:23, so the Greek word χριστός (khristos) 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.26.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.23.W4.S1) and character.