John 1:13:7John.1.13.W7TAB
θελήματος
tʰelêmatos
“will of”
- Transliteration
- tʰe-LÊ-ma-tos
- Extended
- tʰeh-LÊH-mah-tohs
- IPA
- /tʰeˈlɛː.ma.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- will of
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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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
tʰe-LÊ-ma-tos
- sentence
HOI ouk eks hai-MA-tōn ou-DE ek tʰe-LÊ-ma-tos sar-KOS ou-DE ek tʰe-LÊ-ma-tos an-DROS AL ek tʰe-OU e-ge-NNÊ-thē-san
Exegesis
The initial negation ouk {οὐκ | ouk} ‘not’ combines with a series of coordinated phrases introduced by ex/ek {ἐξ | ex} ‘out of, from’, forming a threefold denial: ex haimaton {ἐξ αἱμάτων | ex hai-má-ton} ‘from bloods’, ek thelematos sarkos {ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς | ek the-lē-ma-tos sar-kós} ‘from the will of flesh’, and ek thelematos andros {ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς | ek the-lē-ma-tos an-dros} ‘from the will of a man’. Each ek-phrase uses the genitive as a genitive of source, specifying possible origins that are being excluded. The plural haimaton ‘bloods’ reflects a Semitic idiom for physical descent or ancestry. The paired expressions thelematos sarkos and thelematos andros distinguish between generic human, bodily impulse and specifically male initiative, creating a layered picture of purely human begetting. The coordinating sequence ouk … oude …
Root and etymology
thelotheta–epsilon–lambda–omicron
“to will, to wish”
In context — John 1:13
Who were not born from bloods , nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of a man, but from God they were born.
About this coordinate
John 1:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 1:13, so the Greek word θελήματος (tʰelêmatos) 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 John.1.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.13.W7.S1) and character.