Acts 25:9:13Acts.25.9.W13TAB
Θέλεις
theleis
“do you wish”
- Transliteration
- THE-leis
- Extended
- THEH-leis
- IPA
- /ˈtʰe.leis/
Meaning by language
- English
- do you wish
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
THE-leis
- sentence
ho PHÊS-tos de THE-lōn tois i-ou-da-EE-ois KHA-rin ka-ta-THE-sthai a-po-kri-THEIS tôi PAU-lō EI-pen THE-leis eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma a-na-BAS e-KEI pe-RI TOU-tōn kri-THÊ-nai ep e-MOU
Exegesis
Within the direct question, the finite verb theleis {Θέλεις | thé-leis} “do you want” governs two non-finite elements: the participle anabas {ἀναβὰς | a-na-bàs} “having gone up,” which describes the prerequisite action of traveling “to Jerusalem” (eis Hierosolyma {εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα | eis Hi-e-ro-só-ly-ma}), and the infinitive krithenai {κριθῆναι | kri-thê-nai} “to be judged,” which expresses the intended judicial outcome.
In context — Acts 25:9
But Festus , wanting to grant a favor to the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and be judged there concerning these matters before me?”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 25:9, so the Greek word Θέλεις (theleis) 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.25.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.9.W13.S1) and character.