Matthew 16:21:23Matt.16.21.W23TAB

ἀρχιερέων

arkhiereôn

chief priests

Transliteration
ar-khi-e-RE-ôn
Extended
ahr-khi-eh-REH-ôn
IPA
/ar.kʰi.eˈre.ɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
chief priests

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Result
ἀρ + χι + ε + ρέ + ων
ar + khi + e + re + ôn
arkhiereôn

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Chih/kh — like Bach
Iotai — as in machine
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ar-khi-e-RE-ôn

  2. sentence

    a-PO TO-te ÊR-ksa-to HO ee-ay-SOOS deik-NY-ein TOIS ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU HO-ti DEI au-TON EIS hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma a-pel-THEIN KAI pol-LA pa-THEIN a-PO TÔN pres-by-TE-rôn KAI ar-khi-e-RE-ôn KAI gram-ma-TE-ôn KAI a-pok-tan-THÊ-nai KAI TÊI TRI-têi hê-ME-rai e-yer-THÊ-nai

Exegesis

The genitive plural tôn presbyterōn kai archierēōn kai grammateōn {τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ ἀρχιερέων καὶ γραμματέων | tôn presbyterōn kai archierēōn kai grammateōn} denotes the Israelite leadership as the agents of suffering, while the dative temporal trítē hēmérā {τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ | tē̂ trítē hēmérā} ‘on the third day’ fixes the resurrection in a precise timeframe. In English, the infinitival series is rendered as a sequence of finite verbs to preserve both the structure and the theological weight of Jesus’ forecast.

In contextMatthew 16:21

From that time Jesus began to make it clear to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem, to suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, to be killed, and to be raised on the third day.

About this coordinate

Matthew 16:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Matthew 16:21, so the Greek word ἀρχιερέων (arkhiereôn) 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 Matt.16.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.21.W23.S1) and character.