Acts 18:27:1Acts.18.27.W1TAB
βουλομένου
boulomenou
“as he was intending”
- Transliteration
- bou-lo-ME-nou
- Extended
- booh-loh-MEH-noo
- IPA
- /bu.loˈme.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as he was intending
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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) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
bou-lo-ME-nou
- sentence
bou-lo-ME-nou de au-TOU di-el-THEIN eis tên a-kha-I-an pro-trep-SA-me-noi hoi a-del-PHOI E-gra-psan tois ma-thê-TAIS a-po-DEK-sas-thai au-TON hos pa-ra-ge-NO-me-nos sy-ne-BA-le-to po-LY tois pe-pi-steu-KO-sin di-A tês KHA-ri-tos
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute boulomenou {βουλομένου | bou-lo-mé-nou} ‘wishing’, combined with autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toû} to frame the action temporally.
In context — Acts 18:27
When he wanted to cross into Achaia , the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he provided considerable assistance to those who had believed through the grace.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 18:27, so the Greek word βουλομένου (boulomenou) 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.18.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.27.W1.S1) and character.