John 7:17:3John.7.17.W3TAB
θέλῃ
thelêi
“wants”
- Transliteration
- THE-lêi
- Extended
- THEH-lêi
- IPA
- /ˈtʰe.lɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wants
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
THE-lêi
- sentence
e-AN tis THE-lêi TO THE-lê-ma au-TOU poi-EIN GNO-se-tai pe-RI TÊS di-da-KHÊS PO-te-ron ek TOU the-OU es-tin Ê e-GÔ ap e-mau-TOU la-LÔ
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the conditional particle ean {ἐάν | eán} followed by the subjunctive thele {θέλῃ | thélē} and the indefinite subject tis {τις | tis}, forming a third class conditional protasis: ean tis thelē to thelema autou poiein {ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν | eán tis thélē tó thé-le-ma autoû poi-eîn}, “if anyone is willing to do His will.” The verb thele in the subjunctive expresses a volitional condition, while the infinitive poiein functions as its complement, and the phrase to thelema autou is the object of that infinitive.
Root and etymology
thelotheta–epsilon–lambda–omega
“to will, wish, desire”
In context — John 7:17
If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from Myself.
About this coordinate
John 7:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 7:17, so the Greek word θέλῃ (thelêi) 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.7.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.17.W3.S1) and character.