choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication

, , , (more freq. than , q.v., in vernac. and late Gk., also in MGr.; for various views as to its relation to , v. Thayer, 286; but v. also Bl., §24, s.v.): absol., , , ; , ; c. acc. rei, , , , , , , ; c. inf., , , , , , ; c. acc. et inf., , , , , , , ; , , al.; id. c. inf., , , , ; seq. , , , ; opp. to , , , , , ; seq. (, in l.; Deiss., , 179), ; (, R, mg), ; in OT quotations, for Heb. , c. acc. pers., ; c. acc. rei, , , ; c. inf., ; for , c. inf., (v. Cremer, 726 ff.). to will be willing wish desire βούλομαι β. τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος οὐ θέλω ἵνα ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω ἤ θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ חפץ אמר Ro 9:16 I Co 4:19 12:18 Ja 4:15 Ac 18:21 Mt 20:21 Mk 14:36 Jo 15:7 Ro 7:15 16 I Co 4:21 7:36 Ga 5:17 Mt 5:40 Mk 10:43 Jo 6:21 67 Ro 7:21 Ga 4:9 Mk 7:24 Lk 1:62 Jo 21:22 23 Ro 16:19 I Co 14:5 Ga 6:13 Mt 18:30 Mt 2:18 Mk 6:26 Jo 5:40 I Co 16:7 Mt 7:12 Mk 6:25 Jo 17:24 Ro 7:15 19 II Co 8:10 11 Phl 2:13 I Co 14:19 Col 2:18 Mt 27:43 Mt 9:13 12:7 He 10:5 8 I Pe 3:10 Ac 7:28 ICG LAE of his own mere will, by humility 24

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

desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly))