Acts 22:14:13Acts.22.14.W13TAB
θέλημα
thelêma
“will”
- Transliteration
- THE-lê-ma
- Extended
- THEH-lêh-mah
- IPA
- /ˈtʰe.leː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- will
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
THE-lê-ma
- sentence
ho de EI-pen ho the-OS tôn pa-TE-rôn hê-MON pro-e-khe-RI-sa-TO se GNÔ-nai to THE-lê-ma au-TOU kai i-DEIN ton DI-kai-on kai a-KOU-sai phô-NÊN ek tou STO-ma-tos au-TOU
Exegesis
Three coordinated aorist infinitives—gnōnai {γνῶναι | gnô-nai}, idein {ἰδεῖν | i-deîn}, and akousai {ἀκοῦσαι | a-koû-sai}—outline the purposes: knowing His will (thelema {θέλημα | thé-lē-ma}), seeing the Righteous One (dikaion {δίκαιον | dí-kai-on}), and hearing a voice from His mouth (phōnēn {φωνὴν | phō-nḗn} ek tou stomatos autou {ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ}).
Root and etymology
thelōthé-lō
“to will, desire”
In context — Acts 22:14
But he said, “The God of our fathers designated you in advance to discern His will , to behold the Righteous One, and to hear a voice issuing from His mouth.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 22:14, so the Greek word θέλημα (thelêma) 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.22.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.14.W13.S1) and character.