Matthew 20:27:4Matt.20.27.W4PAT

θέλῃ

thelê

wants

Transliteration
THE-lê
Extended
THE-lê
IPA
/ˈtʰe.lɛː/

Meaning by language

English
wants
French
veut
Spanish
quiera
Portuguese
queira
German
will
Russian
хочет
Arabic-Simplified
يُرِيدُ
Hindi
चाहता है
Chinese-Simplified
想要
Korean
원한다
Indonesian
ingin
Bengali
চায়
Tagalog
nais
Swahili
ataka
Amharic
ይፈልግ
Yoruba
fẹ́
Igbo
chọrọ
Twi
Ewe
di

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Result
θέ + λῃ
the + lê
thelê

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-lê

  2. sentence

    KAI HOS AN THE-lê en hy-MEEN EI-nai PRÔ-tos ES-tai hy-MÔN DOO-los

In contextMatthew 20:27

and who ever wants among you to be first will be your slave

About this coordinate

Matthew 20:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 20:27, so the Greek word θέλῃ (thelê) 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.20.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.27.W4.S1) and character.