Acts 27:42:4Acts.27.42.W4TAB
βουλὴ
boulê
“plan”
- Transliteration
- bou-LÊ
- Extended
- booh-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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Word in context
- word
bou-LÊ
- sentence
tôn de stra-ti-ô-TÔN bou-LÊ e-GE-ne-to HI-na tous des-MÔ-tas a-pok-TEI-nô-sin MÊ tis ek-kho-lym-BÊ-sas di-a-PHY-gêi
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive construction ton de stratiotōn {τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν | tôn dè stratiōtôn} ‘the soldiers’’, where the article and noun modify the subject boule {βουλὴ | boulḗ} ‘plan’.
Root and etymology
boulomaibeta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to will, plan, intend”
In context — Acts 27:42
The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none would escape by swimming out .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:42:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 27:42, so the Greek word βουλὴ (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.27.42.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.42.W4.S1) and character.