John 4:34:11John.4.34.W11TAB
θέλημα
thelêma
“will”
- Transliteration
- THE-lê-ma
- Extended
- THE-lê-ma
- IPA
- /ˈtʰe.lɛː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- will
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
THE-lê-ma
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOIS HO ee-ay-SOOS e-MON BRÔ-ma es-TIN HI-na poi-Ê-sô TO THE-lê-ma TOO pemp-san-TOS ME KAI te-lei-Ô-sô au-TOO TO ER-gon
Exegesis
The object of poiēsō is to thelēma tou pempsantos me {τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με | tò thél-e-ma toû pémp-san-tós me}, in which the articular genitive participle pempsantos, governed by tou, functions substantivally to mean “the One who sent Me,” making the whole phrase “the will of the One who sent Me.”
Root and etymology
thelotheta–epsilon–lambda–omega
“to will, wish, desire”
In context — John 4:34
Jesus says to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to complete His work.”
About this coordinate
John 4:34:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 4:34, so the Greek word θέλημα (thelêma) 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.4.34.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.34.W11.S1) and character.