Acts 4:5:12Acts.4.5.W12TAB
πρεσβυτέρους
presbyterous
“elders”
- Transliteration
- pres-by-TE-rous
- Extended
- prehz-byh-TEH-roos
- IPA
- /pres.byˈte.rus/
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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pres-by-TE-rous
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to de e-PI tên AU-ri-on sy-na-khTHÊ-nai au-TÔN tous AR-khon-tas kai tous pres-by-TE-rous kai tous gram-ma-TEIS en i-e-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
A coordinated list of accusatives—tous archontas {τοὺς ἄρχοντας | toús árchontas}, tous presbyterous {τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους | toús presbytérous}, tous grammateis {τοὺς γραμματεῖς | toús grammateís}—names three leadership groups, each introduced by the definite article for emphasis.
Root and etymology
presbyspi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–sigma
“old, elder”
In context — Acts 4:5
And it came about on the next day that their rulers and elders and scribes assembled in Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
Acts 4:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 4:5, so the Greek word πρεσβυτέρους (presbyterous) 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.4.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.4.5.W12.S1) and character.