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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

θέλω

G2309 · thélō · thel'-o · Greek

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Strong’s definition

to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 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

KJV usage

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

217mapped occurrences
201verses
57KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

would 47will 38have 18desire 9willing 7I will 7ye 7thou 7wilt 5ye will 5ye would 4thou wilt 3wilt thou 3that 3desirous 3I will have 2Wilt thou 2when 2they listed 2he would 2willingly 2thou wouldest 2him 2wouldest 2any man will 1him that would 1will be 1will ye 1they would 1they themselves will 1would I have 1would ye that 1love 1desireth 1desiring 1have desired 1will I 1intending 1We will 1it listeth 1he will 1were willing 1Will 1I will that 1meaneth 1diddest 1mean 1if 1willeth 1disposed 1rather 1not 1forward 1voluntary 1Desiring 1I 1so 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

John 5:21Mapped KJV word: he will

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

John 5:35Mapped KJV word: were willing

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

John 5:40Mapped KJV word: ye will

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

John 6:11Mapped KJV word: would

And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

John 6:21Mapped KJV word: willingly

Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

John 6:67Mapped KJV word: Will

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

John 7:1Mapped KJV word: would

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

John 7:17Mapped KJV word: will

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

John 7:44Mapped KJV word: have

And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

John 8:44Mapped KJV word: ye will

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

John 9:27Mapped KJV word: ye

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

John 9:27Mapped KJV word: will

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

John 12:21Mapped KJV word: would

The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

John 15:7Mapped KJV word: ye will

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 16:19Mapped KJV word: desirous

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

John 17:24Mapped KJV word: will

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

John 21:18Mapped KJV word: thou wouldest

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

John 21:18Mapped KJV word: thou wouldest

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

John 21:22Mapped KJV word: I will that

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

John 21:23Mapped KJV word: that

Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

Acts 2:12Mapped KJV word: meaneth

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Acts 7:28Mapped KJV word: diddest

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

Acts 7:39Mapped KJV word: would

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Acts 9:6Mapped KJV word: thou

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Acts 10:10Mapped KJV word: would

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

Acts 14:13Mapped KJV word: have

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

Acts 16:3Mapped KJV word: would

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

Acts 17:18Mapped KJV word: will

Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

Acts 17:20Mapped KJV word: mean

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Acts 18:21Mapped KJV word: if

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 18:21Mapped KJV word: will

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 19:33Mapped KJV word: have

And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

Acts 24:6Mapped KJV word: have

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

Acts 24:27Mapped KJV word: willing

But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

Acts 25:9Mapped KJV word: willing

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

Acts 25:9Mapped KJV word: thou

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

Acts 26:5Mapped KJV word: would

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Romans 1:13Mapped KJV word: would

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Romans 7:15Mapped KJV word: would

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

Romans 7:16Mapped KJV word: would

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Romans 7:18Mapped KJV word: will

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Romans 7:19Mapped KJV word: would

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

Romans 7:19Mapped KJV word: would

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

Romans 7:20Mapped KJV word: would

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

Romans 7:21Mapped KJV word: when

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Romans 7:21Mapped KJV word: would

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Romans 9:16Mapped KJV word: willeth

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Romans 9:18Mapped KJV word: will

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Romans 9:18Mapped KJV word: will

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Romans 9:22Mapped KJV word: willing

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: