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, see word): absol., Rom.9:16, 1Co.4:19 12:18, Jas.4:15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, Act.18:21; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.20:21, Mrk.14:36, Jhn.15:7, Rom.7:15, 16 1Co.4:21 7:36, Gal.5:17; with inf., Mat.5:40, Mrk.10:43, Jhn.6:21, 67 Rom.7:21, Gal.4:9; with accusative and inf., Mrk.7:24, Luk.1:62, Jhn.21:22, 23 Rom.16:19, 1Co.14:5, Gal.6:13; οὐ θέλω, Mat.18:30, al.; id. with inf., Mat.2:18, Mrk.6:26, Jhn.5:40, 1Co.16:7; before ἵνα, Mat.7:12, Mrk.6:25, Jhn.17:24; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω, Rom.7:15, 19 2Co.8:10, 11 Php.2:13; before ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE, 179:24), 1Co.14:19; θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg), Col.2:18; in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.9:13 12:7, Heb.10:5, 8; with inf., 1Pe.3:10; for אמר, with inf., Act.7:28 (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, see word): absol., Rom.9:16, 1Co.4:19 12:18, Jas.4:15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, Act.18:21; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.20:21, Mrk.14:36, Jhn.15:7, Rom.7:15, 16 1Co.4:21 7:36, Gal.5:17; with inf., Mat.5:40, Mrk.10:43, Jhn.6:21, 67 Rom.7:21, Gal.4:9; with accusative and inf., Mrk.7:24, Luk.1:62, Jhn.21:22, 23 Rom.16:19, 1Co.14:5, Gal.6:13; οὐ θέλω, Mat.18:30, al.; id. with inf., Mat.2:18, Mrk.6:26, Jhn.5:40, 1Co.16:7; before ἵνα, Mat.7:12, Mrk.6:25, Jhn.17:24; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω, Rom.7:15, 19 2Co.8:10, 11 Php.2:13; before ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE, 179:24), 1Co.14:19; θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg), Col.2:18; in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.9:13 12:7, Heb.10:5, 8; with inf., 1Pe.3:10; for אמר, with inf., Act.7:28 (see Cremer, 726ff.). (AS)
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G2309 — θέλω
thelō · to will/desire · Greek
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Matthew 1:19 · θέλωνJoseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.Matthew 2:18 · ἤθελεν“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”Matthew 5:40 · θέλοντίIf anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.Matthew 5:42 · θέλονταGive to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.Matthew 7:12 · θέλητεTherefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.Matthew 8:2 · θέλῃς,Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”Matthew 8:3 · θέλω,Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Matthew 9:13 · θέλωBut you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”Matthew 11:14 · θέλετεIf you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.Matthew 12:7 · θέλωBut if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.Matthew 12:38 · θέλομενThen certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”Matthew 13:28 · θέλεις“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’Matthew 14:5 · θέλωνWhen he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.Matthew 15:28 · θέλεις.Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.Matthew 15:32 · θέλωJesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”Matthew 16:24 · θέλειThen Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.Matthew 16:25 · θέλῃFor whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.Matthew 17:4 · θέλεις,Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”Matthew 17:12 · ἠθέλησαν·but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”Matthew 18:23 · ἠθέλησενTherefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.Matthew 18:30 · ἤθελεν,He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.Matthew 19:17 · θέλειςHe said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”Matthew 19:21 · θέλειςJesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”Matthew 20:14 · θέλωTake that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.Matthew 20:15 · θέλωIsn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’Matthew 20:21 · θέλεις;He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”Matthew 20:26 · θέλῃIt shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.Matthew 20:27 · θέλῃWhoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,Matthew 20:32 · θέλετεJesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”Matthew 21:29 · θέλω·He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.Matthew 22:3 · ἤθελονand sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.Matthew 23:4 · θέλουσινFor they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.Matthew 23:37 · ἠθέλησα · ἠθελήσατε;“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!Matthew 26:15 · θέλετέand said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.Matthew 26:17 · θέλειςNow on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”Matthew 26:39 · θέλωHe went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”Matthew 27:15 · ἤθελον.Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.Matthew 27:17 · θέλετεWhen therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”Matthew 27:21 · θέλετεBut the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”Matthew 27:34 · ἠθέλησενThey gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.Matthew 27:43 · θέλειHe trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”Mark 1:40 · θέλῃςA leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”Mark 1:41 · θέλω,Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”Mark 3:13 · ἤθελενHe went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.Mark 6:19 · ἤθελενHerodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,Mark 6:22 · θέλῃς,When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”Mark 6:25 · θέλωShe came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”Mark 6:26 · ἠθέλησενThe king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.Mark 6:48 · ἤθελενSeeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,Mark 7:24 · ἤθελενFrom there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.Mark 8:34 · θέλειHe called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.Mark 8:35 · θέλῃFor whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.Mark 9:13 · ἤθελονBut I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”Mark 9:30 · ἤθελενThey went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it.Mark 9:35 · θέλειHe sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”Mark 10:35 · θέλομενJames and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”Mark 10:36 · θέλετέHe said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”Mark 10:43 · θέλῃBut it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.Mark 10:44 · θέλῃWhoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.Mark 10:51 · θέλειςJesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.”Mark 12:38 · θελόντωνIn his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,Mark 14:7 · θέλητεFor you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.Mark 14:12 · θέλειςOn the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”Mark 14:36 · θέλωHe said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”Mark 15:9 · θέλετεPilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”Mark 15:12 · θέλετεPilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”Luke 1:62 · θέλοιThey made signs to his father, what he would have him called.Luke 4:6 · θέλωThe devil said to him, “I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.Luke 5:12 · θέλῃς,It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”Luke 5:13 · θέλω,He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.Luke 5:39 · θέλειNo man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”Luke 6:31 · θέλετε“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.Luke 9:23 · θέλειHe said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.Luke 9:24 · θέλῃFor whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.Luke 9:54 · θέλειςWhen his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”Luke 10:24 · ἠθέλησανfor I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”Luke 10:29 · θέλωνBut he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”Luke 12:49 · θέλω“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.Luke 13:31 · θέλειOn that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”Luke 13:34 · ἠθέλησα · ἠθελήσατε;“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!Luke 14:28 · θέλωνFor which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?Luke 15:28 · ἤθελενBut he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.Luke 16:26 · θέλοντεςBesides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’Luke 18:4 · ἤθελενHe wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,Luke 18:13 · ἤθελενBut the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’Luke 18:41 · θέλεις“What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”Luke 19:14 · θέλομενBut his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’Luke 19:27 · θελήσαντάςBut bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”Luke 20:46 · θελόντων“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;Luke 22:9 · θέλειςThey said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”Luke 23:8 · θέλωνNow when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.Luke 23:20 · θέλωνThen Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,John 1:43 · ἠθέλησενOn the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”John 3:8 · θέλειThe wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”John 5:6 · θέλειςWhen Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”John 5:21 · θέλειFor as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.John 5:35 · ἠθελήσατεHe was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.John 5:40 · θέλετεYet you will not come to me, that you may have life.John 6:11 · ἤθελον.Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.John 6:21 · ἤθελονThey were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.John 6:67 · θέλετεJesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?”John 7:1 · ἤθελενAfter these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.John 7:17 · θέλῃIf anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.John 7:44 · ἤθελονSome of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.John 8:44 · θέλετεYou are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.John 9:27 · θέλετε · θέλετεHe answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”John 12:21 · θέλομενThese, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”John 15:7 · θέλητεIf you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.John 16:19 · ἤθελονTherefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?’John 17:24 · θέλωFather, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.John 21:18 · ἤθελες. · θέλεις.Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don’t want to go.”John 21:22 · θέλωJesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”John 21:23 · θέλωThis saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?”Acts 2:12 · θέλειThey were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?”Acts 7:28 · θέλειςDo you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’Acts 7:39 · ἠθέλησανto whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,Acts 10:10 · ἤθελενHe became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.Acts 14:13 · ἤθελενThe priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.Acts 16:3 · ἠθέλησενPaul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.Acts 17:18 · θέλοιSome of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.Acts 17:20 · θέλειFor you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”Acts 18:21 · θέλοντος,but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.Acts 19:33 · ἤθελενThey brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.Acts 24:27 · θέλωνBut when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.Acts 25:9 · θέλων · θέλειςBut Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?”Acts 26:5 · θέλωσινhaving known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Romans 1:13 · θέλωNow I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.Romans 7:15 · θέλωFor I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.Romans 7:16 · θέλωBut if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.Romans 7:18 · θέλεινFor I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.Romans 7:19 · θέλω · θέλωFor the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.Romans 7:20 · θέλωBut if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.Romans 7:21 · θέλοντιI find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.Romans 9:16 · θέλοντοςSo then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.Romans 9:18 · θέλει · θέλειSo then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.Romans 9:22 · θέλωνWhat if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,Romans 11:25 · θέλωFor I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,Romans 13:3 · θέλειςFor rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,Romans 16:19 · θέλωFor your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.1 Corinthians 4:19 · θελήσῃ,But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.1 Corinthians 4:21 · θέλετε;What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?1 Corinthians 7:7 · θέλωYet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.1 Corinthians 7:32 · θέλωBut I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;1 Corinthians 7:36 · θέλειBut if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.1 Corinthians 7:39 · θέλειA wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.1 Corinthians 10:1 · θέλωNow I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;1 Corinthians 10:20 · θέλωBut I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.1 Corinthians 10:27 · θέλετεBut if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.1 Corinthians 11:3 · ΘέλωBut I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.1 Corinthians 12:1 · θέλωNow concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.
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