Acts 18:15:20Acts.18.15.W20TAB
βούλομαι
boulomai
“I want”
- Transliteration
- BOU-lo-mai
- Extended
- BOO-loh-mai
- IPA
- /ˈbuː.lo.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I want
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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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
BOU-lo-mai
- sentence
ei de dzê-TÊ-ma-TA ES-tin pe-RI LO-gou kai o-no-MA-tōn kai NO-mou tou kath hy-MAS OP-se-s-the au-TOI kri-TÊS e-GŌ TOU-tōn ou BOU-lo-mai EI-nai
Exegesis
In kritḗs eg-ṓ toú-tōn ou boú-lo-mai eî-nai {κριτὴς ἐγὼ τούτων οὐ βούλομαι εἶναι | kri-tḗs eg-ṓ toú-tōn ou boú-lo-mai eî-nai}, the fronted nominative kritḗs ‘judge’ foregrounds the role the speaker declines, with boúlomai plus the infinitive eînai expressing categorical refusal. The English renderings preserve this sequence by presenting the directive for self-resolution before stating the refusal to adjudicate.
In context — Acts 18:15
But if it is about disputes concerning words and names and your own law, handle it yourselves; I do not want to be a judge of these matters.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:15:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 18:15, so the Greek word βούλομαι (boulomai) 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.18.15.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.15.W20.S1) and character.