Acts 17:20:9Acts.17.20.W9TAB
βουλόμεθα
boulometha
“we wish”
- Transliteration
- bou-LO-me-tha
- Extended
- booh-LOH-meh-thah
- IPA
- /buˈlo.me.tʰa/
Meaning by language
- English
- we wish
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
bou-LO-me-tha
- sentence
kse-NI-zon-ta GAR ti-NA eis-PHE-reis eis tas a-ko-AS hê-MON bou-LO-me-tha OUN GNÔ-nai TI-na THE-lei TAU-ta EI-nai
Exegesis
The second clause shifts to the first person plural subject in boulometha oun {βουλόμεθα οὖν | boulómetha oun} ‘therefore we wish’, with oun marking an inferential conclusion drawn from the preceding observation.
In context — Acts 17:20
For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears ; therefore we wish to know what these things mean .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 17:20, so the Greek word βουλόμεθα (boulometha) 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.17.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.20.W9.S1) and character.