James 3:4:21Jas.3.4.W21TAB
βούλεται
bouletai
“wishes”
- Transliteration
- BOU-le-tai
- Extended
- boo-LEH-tai
- IPA
- /ˈbou.le.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- wishes
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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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
BOU-le-tai
- sentence
i-DOU KAI ta PLOI-a tê-li-KAU-ta ON-ta KAI hy-PO a-NE-mōn sklē-RŌN e-lau-NO-me-na me-TA-ge-tai hy-PO e-la-KHI-stou pê-da-LI-ou HO-pou hê hor-MÊ tou eu-THY-no-ntos BOU-le-tai
Exegesis
The relative adverb hopou {ὅπου | hó-pou} ‘wherever’ introduces the clause hē hormē tou euthynontos bouletai {ἡ ὁρμὴ τοῦ εὐθύνοντος βούλεται | hē hormḗ toû eu-thý-non-tos boû-le-tai}, personifying the inner drive of the steersman and linking bouletai ‘wills’ to deliberate guidance of the vessel.
In context — James 3:4
Consider the ships : though they are massive and propelled by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman directs.
About this coordinate
James 3:4:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of James 3:4, so the Greek word βούλεται (bouletai) 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 Jas.3.4.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.3.4.W21.S1) and character.