Luke 19:2:10Luke.19.2.W10TAB
ἀρχιτελώνης
arkhitelônês
“a chief tax collector”
- Transliteration
- ar-khi-te-LÔ-nês
- Extended
- ahr-kʰih-teh-LOH-nês
- IPA
- /ar.kʰi.teˈlɔː.nɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- a chief tax collector
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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ar-khi-te-LÔ-nês
- sentence
KAI i-DOU a-NÊR o-NO-ma-ti ka-LOU-me-nos dzak-KHAI-os KAI au-TOS ÊN ar-khi-te-LÔ-nês KAI au-TOS PLOU-si-os
Exegesis
The emphatic pronoun autos {αὐτός | autós} ‘he himself’ with the imperfect verb ēn {ἦν | ēn} ‘was’ establishes his identity before two predicate nominatives: architelōnēs {ἀρχιτελώνης | architelṓnēs} ‘chief tax collector’ and plousios {πλούσιος | ploúsios} ‘rich’, linked by kai {καὶ | kaí} and reinforced by autos {αὐτός | autós} ‘he himself’. This structure layers descriptive emphasis on both his official role and his wealth.
Root and etymology
archi-alpha–rho–chi–iota
“chief, head”
In context — Luke 19:2
And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus , and he himself was a chief tax collector , and he himself was rich.
About this coordinate
Luke 19:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 19:2, so the Greek word ἀρχιτελώνης (arkhitelônês) 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 Luke.19.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.2.W10.S1) and character.