Mark 14:12:17Mark.14.12.W17TAB
θέλεις
theleis
“do you want”
- Transliteration
- THE-leis
- Extended
- THEH-leis
- IPA
- /ˈtʰe.leis/
Meaning by language
- English
- do you want
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
THE-leis
- sentence
KAI tê PRO-tê hê-ME-ra tôn a-DZY-mon HO-te to PAS-kha E-thy-on LE-goo-sin au-TOI hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU POU THE-leis a-pel-THON-tes he-toi-MA-sō-men HI-na PHA-gês to PAS-kha
Exegesis
Theleis {θέλεις | théleis} expresses Jesus’ will, and the aorist participle apelthontes {ἀπελθόντες | apelthóntes} functions adverbially, temporally specifying “after going.”
In context — Mark 14:12
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread , when they were sacrificing the Passover, His disciples said to Him , “Where do You desire that, after we go, we should prepare so that You may eat the Passover?”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 14:12, so the Greek word θέλεις (theleis) 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 Mark.14.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.12.W17.S1) and character.