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G2309θέλωthelō

to will/desirePart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 42
  2. 25
  3. 28
  4. 23
  5. 16
  6. 15
  7. 17
  8. 9
  9. 9
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. 1
  15. 3
  16. 1
  17. Titus: 0
  18. 1
  19. 4
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 1
  26. Jude: 0
  27. 5

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211 occurrences in 202 verses

With their references and text in Darby Bible.

  1. Acts 24:6

    who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, [and would have judged according to our law;

    ἠθελήσαμεν ēthelēsamen “we wanted”

  2. Acts 24:27

    But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.

    θέλων thelōn “wishing”

  3. Acts 25:9

    But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?

    θέλων thelōn “wishing”θέλεις theleis “Are you willing”

  4. Acts 26:5

    who knew me before from the outset [supplied: of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

    θέλωσιν thelōsin “they may be willing”

  5. Romans 1:13

    But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that I often proposed to come to you, (and have been hindered until the present time,) that I might have some fruit among you too, even as among the other nations also.

    θέλω thelō “I do want”

  6. Romans 7:15

    For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.

    θέλω thelō “I want”

  7. Romans 7:16

    But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [supplied: it is] right.

    θέλω thelō “I do want”

  8. Romans 7:18

    For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right [supplied: I find] not.

    θέλειν thelein “to wish [to do]”

  9. Romans 7:19

    For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

    θέλω thelō “I desire”θέλω thelō “I do want”

  10. Romans 7:20

    But if what *I* do not will, this I practise, [supplied: it is] no longer *I* [supplied: that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

    θέλω thelō “I do want”

  11. Romans 7:21

    I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.

    θέλοντι thelonti “is desiring”

  12. Romans 9:16

    So then [supplied: it is] not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

    θέλοντος thelontos “willing”

  13. Romans 9:18

    So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

    θέλει thelei “He wants”θέλει thelei “He wants”

  14. Romans 9:22

    And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;

    θέλων thelōn “desiring”

  15. Romans 11:25

    For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;

    θέλω thelō “I want”

  16. Romans 13:3

    For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [supplied: one]. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise [supplied: what is] good, and thou shalt have praise from it;

    θέλεις theleis “Do you desire”

  17. Romans 16:19

    For your obedience has reached to all. I rejoice therefore as it regards you; but I wish you to be wise [supplied: as] to that which is good, and simple [supplied: as] to evil.

    θέλω thelō “I wish”

  18. 1 Corinthians 4:19

    but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.

    θελήσῃ, thelēsē “wishes,”

  19. 1 Corinthians 4:21

    What will ye? that I come to you with a rod; or in love, and [supplied: in] a spirit of meekness?

    θέλετε; thelete “desire you?”

  20. 1 Corinthians 7:7

    Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

    θέλω thelō “I wish”

  21. 1 Corinthians 7:32

    But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

    θέλω thelō “I desire”

  22. 1 Corinthians 7:36

    But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry.

    θέλει thelei “he wills”

  23. 1 Corinthians 7:39

    A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in [supplied: the] Lord.

    θέλει thelei “she wills”

  24. 1 Corinthians 10:1

    For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

    θέλω thelō “I want”

  25. 1 Corinthians 10:20

    But that what [supplied: the nations] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.

    θέλω thelō “I do wish”