John 16:14:8John.16.14.W8TAB
λήμψεται
lêmpsetai
“will take”
- Transliteration
- LÊM-pse-tai
- Extended
- LÊEM-pse-tai
- IPA
- /ˈleːm.pse.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- will take
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
LÊM-pse-tai
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti ek TOU e-MOU LÊM-pse-tai kai a-nang-ge-LEI hy-MIN
- sentence
e-KEI-nos e-ME dok-SA-sei HO-ti ek TOU e-MOU LÊM-pse-tai kai a-nang-ge-LEI hy-MIN
Exegesis
The future middle lempsetai {λήμψεται | lḗ-mpse-tai} ‘will receive’ presents the subject as actively taking up what belongs to Christ, and the coordinated future active anangellei {ἀναγγελεῖ | a-nang-ge-leî} ‘will announce’ advances the movement from reception to disclosure.
Root and etymology
lambanōlambda alpha mu beta alpha nu omega
“to take, receive”
In context — John 16:14
He will bring glory to Me , because He will take from what is Mine and will declare it to you.
About this coordinate
John 16:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 16:14, so the Greek word λήμψεται (lêmpsetai) 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.16.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.14.W8.S1) and character.