John 3:8:4John.3.8.W4PAT

θέλει

thelei

{it} wishes

Transliteration
THE-lei
Extended
THEH-lei
IPA
/ˈtʰe.lei/

Meaning by language

English
{it} wishes
French
veut
Spanish
quiere
Portuguese
quer
German
will
Russian
хочет
Arabic-Simplified
يشاء
Hindi
चाहता है
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
원한다
Indonesian
mau
Bengali
চায়
Tagalog
ninais
Swahili
hutaka
Amharic
ይፈልጋል
Yoruba
fẹ́
Igbo
chọ́
Twi
Ewe
di

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Result
θέ + λει
the + lei
thelei

Alphabet Analysis

Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    THE-lei

  2. sentence

    to PNEU-ma HO-pou THE-lei PNEI kai TÊN phô-NÊN au-TOU a-KOU-eis al ouk OI-das PO-then ER-khe-tai kai POU hy-PA-gei HOU-tōs es-TIN PÂS ho ge-ge-nnê-ME-nos ek TOU PNEU-ma-tos

In contextJohn 3:8

{the} wind wherever {it} wishes it blows and {the} sound its you hear but not you know from where it comes and where it goes thus it is everyone who {the} is born of {the} Spirit

About this coordinate

John 3:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 3:8, so the Greek word θέλει (thelei) 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.3.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.8.W4.S1) and character.