Strong's Greek Dictionary: 2309. theló

theló

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to will, wish

Original Word: θέλω
Transliteration: theló
Phonetic Spelling: ( eth-el'-o,)
Short Definition: desire

Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to will, wish
NASB Word Usage
am...willing (1), am willing (3), delighting (1), delights (1), desire (14), desired (4), desires (4), desiring (2), intended (1), intending (1), like (3), maintain (1), mean (1), mean* (2), please (1), purposed (1), refused* (1), unwilling* (11), want (52), wanted (15), wanting (3), wants (8), will (5), willed (1), willing (15), wills (4), wish (24), wished (7), wishes (16), wishing (4), would (1).

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desire, be disposed toward, intend

Thel'-o or thel'-o or in certain tenses theleo thel-eh'-o, and etheleo eth-el-eh'-o, which are otherwise obsolete; apparently strengthened from the alternate form of haireomai; to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas boulomai 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)).

see GREEK haireomai

see GREEK boulomai

ἤθελεν (ēthelen) − 14 Occurrences

ἤθελες (ētheles) − 1 Occurrence

ἠθέλησα (ēthelēsa) − 3 Occurrences

ἠθελήσαμεν (ēthelēsamen) − 1 Occurrence

ἠθέλησαν (ēthelēsan) − 3 Occurrences

ἠθέλησας (ēthelēsas) − 2 Occurrences

ἠθελήσατε (ēthelēsate) − 3 Occurrences

ἠθέλησεν (ēthelēsen) − 8 Occurrences

ἤθελον (ēthelon) − 8 Occurrences

θέλει (thelei) − 19 Occurrences