Acts 2:23:4Acts.2.23.W4TAB
βουλῇ
boulê
“plan”
- Transliteration
- bou-LÊ
- Extended
- boo-LÊ
- IPA
- /buˈlɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- plan
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bou-LÊ
- sentence
TOU-ton tê hō-ri-SME-nê bou-LÊ kai pro-GNŌ-sei tou the-OU EK-do-ton di-A khei-ROS a-NO-mōn pros-PÊ-ksan-tes a-NEI-la-te
Exegesis
The dative phrase tē hōrismenē boulē kai prognōsei tou theou {τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ | tē hō-ris-mé-nē bou-lḗ kai pro-gnṓ-sei toû the-oû} serves as an instrumental or causal dative, indicating that Jesus’s being handed over arises from God’s determined purpose and prior knowledge.
Root and etymology
boulomaibeta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to will, intend, plan”
In context — Acts 2:23
This One, delivered over by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God , by the hands of lawless men you nailed Him up and killed.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 2:23, so the Greek word βουλῇ (boulê) 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.2.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.23.W4.S1) and character.