Acts 27:1:18Acts.27.1.W18TAB
ἑκατοντάρχῃ
hekatontarkhêi
“to a centurion”
- Transliteration
- he-ka-ton-TAR-khêi
- Extended
- heh-kah-tohn-TAR-khêi
- IPA
- /he.ka.tonˈtar.kʰɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a centurion
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
he-ka-ton-TAR-khêi
- sentence
HÔS de e-KRI-thê tou a-po-PLEIN hê-MAS eis tên i-ta-LI-an pa-re-DI-doun ton te PAU-lon KAI TI-nas he-TE-rous des-MÔ-tas he-ka-ton-TAR-khêi o-NO-ma-ti i-ou-LI-ōi SPEI-rês se-bas-TÊS
Exegesis
The double dative hekatontarchē onomati Iouliō {ἑκατοντάρχῃ ὀνόματι Ἰουλίῳ} identifies the centurion by rank and name.
Root and etymology
hekatonepsilon–kappa–alpha–tau–omicron–nu
“rule of a hundred”
In context — Acts 27:1
After it had been decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed Paul and some other prisoners over to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan Cohort .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:1:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 27:1, so the Greek word ἑκατοντάρχῃ (hekatontarkhêi) 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.27.1.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.1.W18.S1) and character.