Luke 18:13:7Luke.18.13.W7TAB
ἤθελεν
êthelen
“was willing”
- Transliteration
- Ê-the-len
- Extended
- ÊÊ-theh-len
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.tʰe.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- was willing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-the-len
- sentence
ho de te-LO-nês ma-KRO-then he-STÔS ouk Ê-the-len ou-DE tous oph-thal-MOUS e-PA-rai eis ton ou-ra-NON all E-typ-te to STÊ-thos au-TOU LE-gōn ho the-OS hi-LA-sthê-TI moi tôi ha-mar-tō-LÔ
Exegesis
The main imperfect verb ethelen {ἤθελεν | ēthelen} ‘he was willing’ negated by ouk {οὐκ | ouk} governs the infinitive eparai {ἐπᾶραι | epārai} ‘to lift up,’ with oude {οὐδὲ | oudè} ‘not even’ intensifying the negation of the object tous ophthalmous {τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς | tous ophthalmous} ‘the eyes.’
Root and etymology
thelotheta–epsilon–lambda–omega
“to will, desire”
In context — Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far off, was not willing even to lift up his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest, saying, “O God , be merciful to me, the sinner .”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 18:13, so the Greek word ἤθελεν (êthelen) 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 Luke.18.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.13.W7.S1) and character.