Matthew 2:22:4Matt.2.22.W4TAB

Ἀρχέλαος

arkhelaos

Archelaus

Transliteration
ar-KHE-la-os
Extended
ahr-KHEH-lah-ohs
IPA
/ar.ˈkʰe.la.os/

Meaning by language

English
Archelaus

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Result
Ἀρ + χέ + λα + ος
ar + khe + la + os
arkhelaos

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Chih/kh — like Bach
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    ar-KHE-la-os

  2. clause

    a-KOO-sas DE HO-ti ar-KHE-la-os ba-si-LEU-ei TÊS i-oo-DAI-as an-TI TOO pa-TROS au-TOU hê-RÔ-dou e-pho-BÊ-thê e-KEI a-pel-THEIN

  3. sentence

    a-KOO-sas DE HO-ti ar-KHE-la-os ba-si-LEU-ei TÊS i-oo-DAI-as an-TI TOO pa-TROS au-TOU hê-RÔ-dou e-pho-BÊ-thê e-KEI a-pel-THEIN khrê-ma-tis-THEIS DE kat O-nar a-ne-KHÔ-rê-sen eis TA ME-rê TÊS ga-li-LAI-as

Exegesis

The conjunction de {δὲ | de} marks a narrative turn, while hoti {ὅτι | ho-ti} ‘that’ introduces the content of what was heard: Archelaos basileuei tēs Ioudaias anti tou patros autou Heroidou {Ἀρχέλαος βασιλεύει τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἡρῴδου | Ar-khe-la-os ba-si-leú-ei tēs Iou-dai-as an-ti tou pa-tros au-tou He-roi-dou}. The present tense basileuei presents Archelaus’s rule as active and ongoing, and anti with the genitive expresses substitution in a dynastic setting, indicating that he rules in Herod’s place.

Root and etymology

laoslambda-alpha-omicron-sigma

people, nation, populace

In contextMatthew 2:22

But after hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in his father Herod's place, he was afraid to go there; and, having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the regions of Galilee .

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 2:22, so the Greek word Ἀρχέλαος (arkhelaos) 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.2.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.22.W4.S1) and character.