Acts 13:22:28Acts.13.22.W28TAB
θελήματά
thelêmata
“wills”
- Transliteration
- the-LÊ-ma-TA
- Extended
- theh-LÊÊ-mah-TAH
- IPA
- /tʰeˈlɛː.ma.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- wills
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
the-LÊ-ma-TA
- sentence
KAI me-ta-STÊ-sas au-TON Ê-gei-ren ton da-UID au-TOIS eis ba-si-LE-a HÔ KAI EI-pen mar-ty-RÊ-sas HEU-ron da-UID ton tou ie-sa-AI AN-dra ka-TA tên kar-di-A N mou hos poi-Ê-sei PAN-ta ta the-LÊ-ma-TA mou
Exegesis
The relative clause hos poiesei panta ta thelemata mou {ὃς ποιήσει πάντα τὰ θελήματά μου | hós poiḗsei pánta tá thelḗmatá mou} is future-oriented and characterizing: the future verb poiesei “will do” plus the object “all My wills, desires” portrays David’s defining quality as comprehensive obedience. In translation, the formal rendering preserves the series of participles and relative clauses to mirror the layered Greek structure, while the dynamic rendering divides the material into shorter sentences and explicates implicit subjects to make the flow and divine initiative transparent for contemporary readers.
Root and etymology
thelotheta–epsilon–lambda–omega
“to will, to desire”
In context — Acts 13:22
And after removing him, He raised up David for them as king, to whom He also said, after bearing witness, “I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart , who will do all My will.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:22:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Acts 13:22, so the Greek word θελήματά (thelêmata) 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.13.22.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.22.W28.S1) and character.