Matthew 20:26:9Matt.20.26.W9PAT

θέλῃ

thelêi

wish

Transliteration
THE-lêi
Extended
THEH-lay
IPA
/ˈtʰe.lɛː/

Meaning by language

English
wish
French
voudra
Spanish
quiera
Portuguese
quiser
German
will
Russian
захочет
Arabic-Simplified
أن
Hindi
चाहे
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
원하거든
Indonesian
ingin
Bengali
চায়
Tagalog
magnais
Swahili
taka
Amharic
ይፈልግ
Yoruba
fẹ́
Igbo
achọ
Twi
Ewe
di

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Result
θέ + λῃ
the + lêi
thelêi

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    THE-lêi

  2. clause

    al HOS AN THE-lêi en hy-MEEN ME-gas ge-NES-thai ES-tai hy-MÔN di-A-ko-nos

  3. sentence

    oukh HOU-tôs ES-tai en hy-MEEN al HOS AN THE-lêi en hy-MEEN ME-gas ge-NES-thai ES-tai hy-MÔN di-A-ko-nos

In contextMatthew 20:26

not thus will be among you but whoever may wish among you great to become will be your servant

About this coordinate

Matthew 20:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 20:26, 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 Matt.20.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.26.W9.S1) and character.