θέλω
thelōVerbG2309
to will/desire
From: apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138 (αἱρέομαι);
Short Definition
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
Full Lexicon Entry
to will, be willing, wish, desire (more frequently than βούλομαι, which see, in vernac. and late Gk., also in MGr.; for various views as to its relation to β., see Thayer, 286; but see also BL, §24, ): absol.; θεοῦ θέλοντος; with inf. ,; οὐ θέλω, inf.,; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω; (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE); *θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ *(of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg); in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s); with inf.; for אמר, with inf., (see Cremer, 726ff.). *θέλω *(the strengthened form *ἐθέλω *is found in Hom., and is the more frequently in Attic; see Rutherford, NPhr., 415f.), [in LXX for חפץ,אבה; with neg., *מאן *pi., etc. ;] to will, be willing, wish, desire (more frequently than βούλομαι, which see, in vernac. and late Gk., also in MGr.; for various views as to its relation to β., see Thayer, 286; but see also BL, §24, ): absol.; θεοῦ θέλοντος; with inf. ,; οὐ θέλω, inf.,; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω; (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE); *θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ *(of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg); in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s); with inf.; for אמר, with inf., (see Cremer, 726ff.).
LXX Usage: for חפץ,אבה; with neg., מאן pi., etc.
Grammar
Part of Speech Verb
Morphology G:V
DescriptionGreek Verb
Occurrences
202 timesAppears 202 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Matthew
41
Luke
27
Mark
25
John
21
1 Corinthians
17
Key Passages
- 1 Corinthians 10:1
- Acts 17:20
- John 5:35
- Matthew 12:38
- Mark 10:35
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