Matthew 22:3:14Matt.22.3.W14TAB
ἤθελον
êthelon
“they were willing”
- Transliteration
- Ê-the-lon
- Extended
- Ê-the-lon
- IPA
- /ˈeː.tʰe.lon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were 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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-the-lon
- phraseyour reading level
KAI ouk Ê-the-lon el-THEIN
- sentence
KAI a-PE-stei-len TOOS DOO-loos au-TOO ka-LE-sai TOOS ke-klê-ME-noos eis TOOS GA-moos KAI ouk Ê-the-lon el-THEIN
Exegesis
The closing coordinated clause kai ouk ēthelon elthein {καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν | kaí ouk ḗthelon eltheîn} presents the response in stark contrast: the imperfect ēthelon portrays a settled or ongoing unwilling disposition, while the infinitive elthein marks the concrete action expected but declined. In translation, the participial construction is rendered with a relative clause (“those who had been invited”) to keep the temporal nuance of the perfect, and the adversative force of the second kai is brought out with “but” to highlight refusal against gracious invitation.
In context — Matthew 22:3
And he sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast , but they were not willing to come .
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 22:3, so the Greek word ἤθελον (êthelon) 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 Matt.22.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.3.W14.S1) and character.