John 19:21:6John.19.21.W6TAB
ἀρχιερεῖς
arkhiereis
“chief priests”
- Transliteration
- ar-khi-e-REIS
- Extended
- ahr-khi-e-REIS
- IPA
- /ar.kʰi.eˈriːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- chief priests
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ar-khi-e-REIS
- clause
E-le-gon OUN TÔ pi-LA-tô hoi ar-khi-e-REIS TÔN i-ou-dAI-ôn
- sentence
E-le-gon OUN TÔ pi-LA-tô hoi ar-khi-e-REIS TÔN i-ou-dAI-ôn MÊ GRA-phe ho ba-si-LEUS TÔN i-ou-dAI-ôn al HO-ti e-KEI-nos EI-pen ba-si-LEUS TÔN i-ou-dAI-ôn ei-MI
Exegesis
The dative phrase tō Pilatō {τῷ Πιλάτῳ | tô Pi-lá-tō} marks Pilate as the addressee, while the nominative hoi archiereis tōn Ioudaiōn {οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων | hoi ar-khi-e-REIS tôn I-ou-DAI-ōn} functions as the subject, identifying the highest Jewish religious authorities as the ones objecting.
Root and etymology
archiereusalpha–rho–chi–iota–epsilon–rho–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“chief priest, high priest”
In context — John 19:21
Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”
About this coordinate
John 19:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 19:21, so the Greek word ἀρχιερεῖς (arkhiereis) 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 John.19.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.21.W6.S1) and character.