Strong's Concordance

Greek
G2309

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Original: θέλω ἐθέλω

Transliteration: thelo ethelo (thelō ethelō)

Phonetic: thel'-o

Thayer Definition:

to will, have in mind, intend
1. to be resolved or determined, to purpose
2. to desire, to wish
3. to love
  1. to like to do a thing, be fond of doing
4. to take delight in, have pleasure

Origin: apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138

TDNT entry: 03:44,3

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: Either the first or the second form may be used. In certain tenses θελέω theleō thel-eh'-o (and ἐθέλέω etheleō eth-el-eh'-o) are used, which are otherwise obsolete; apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138; to determine (as an active voice option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive voice acquiescence in objective considerations), that is, choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication to wish, that is, be inclined to (sometimes adverbially gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to ; by Hebraism to delight in: - desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, -ling [ly]).

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (141x)

A Voluntary (1x)

And Would Have (3x)

Be So (1x)

Desire (3x)

Desiring (2x)

Desirous (2x)

Have (2x)

He That Will (1x)

He Will (2x)

He Will Have (1x)

He Would (4x)

He Would Have (1x)

I Desire (1x)

I Had Rather (1x)

I Will (4x)

I Will That (1x)

I Would (14x)

I Would Desire (1x)

I Would Have (3x)

If (1x)

It Hath Pleased Him (2x)

Mean (1x)

Meaneth (1x)

Of Him That Willeth (1x)

She Will (1x)

That (1x)

That Will (1x)

They Were Desirous (1x)

They Will (3x)

They Willingly (1x)

They Would (4x)

Thou Wilt (5x)

Thou Wouldest (2x)

To Will (3x)

We Would (5x)

We Would Have (1x)

What He Will (1x)

When (2x)

When He Would Have (1x)

Which Desire (1x)

Will (8x)

Will Have (1x)

Will Ye (6x)

Willing (7x)

Willingly (1x)

Wilt Thou (7x)

Wilt Thou That (1x)

Would (13x)

Would Have (4x)

Would I (1x)

Would Ye (1x)

Ye Be Disposed (1x)

Ye Desire (1x)

Ye Would (2x)

All Occurrences

Galatians 4:17

They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

Galatians 4:20

I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

Galatians 4:21

Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Galatians 6:12

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Galatians 6:13

For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Philippians 2:13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Colossians 1:27

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Colossians 2:1

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Colossians 2:18

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

1 Thessalonians 2:18

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

1 Timothy 1:7

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

1 Timothy 2:4

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

2 Timothy 3:12

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Philemon 1:14

But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Hebrews 10:5

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Hebrews 10:8

Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Hebrews 12:17

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

James 4:15

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

1 Peter 3:10

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

1 Peter 3:17

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

2 Peter 3:5

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

3 John 1:13

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

Revelation 11:5

And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Revelation 11:6

These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

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