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Lexicon :: Strong's G1014 - boulomai

Aa
βούλομαι
Transliteration
boulomai (Key)
Pronunciation
boo'-lom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb
mGNT
37x in 20 unique form(s) TR
34x in 21 unique form(s) LXX
77x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:629,108

Strong’s Definitions

βούλομαι boúlomai, boo'-lom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing:—be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing). Compare G2309.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G1014 in the following manner: will (15x), would (11x), be minded (2x), intend (2x), be disposed (1x), be willing (1x), list (1x), of his own will (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G1014 in the following manner: will (15x), would (11x), be minded (2x), intend (2x), be disposed (1x), be willing (1x), list (1x), of his own will (1x).

  1. to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded

  2. of willing as an affection, to desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βούλομαι boúlomai, boo'-lom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing:—be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing). Compare G2309.
STRONGS G1014:
βούλομαι, 2 person singular βούλει Luke 22:42 (Attic for βούλῃ, cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 a.; Buttmann, 42 (37)); imperfect ἐβουλόμην (Attic [(cf. Veitch), yet commonly] ἠβουλομην); 1 aorist ἐβουλήθην (Matthew 1:19) and ἠβουλήθην (2 John 1:12 R G; but others ἐβουλήθ. cf. [WHs Appendix, p. 162]; Winers Grammar, § 12, 1 the passage cited; Buttmann, 33 (29)); Sept. for אָבָה, חָפֵץ; [from Homer down]; to will, wish; and
1. commonly, to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded: followed by an infinitive, Mark 15:15; Acts 5:28, 33 (L WH Tr text for R G T ἐβουλεύοντο); Acts 12:4; 15:37 (L T Tr WH for R ἐβουλεύσατο); Acts 18:27; 19:30; 22:30; 23:28; 27:43; 28:18; 2 Corinthians 1:15; Hebrews 6:17; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:10 (τοὺς βουλομένους namely, ἐπιδέχεσθαι τοὺς ἀδελφούς); Jude 1:5; James 1:18 (βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς of his own free will he brought us forth, with which will it ill accords to say, as some do, that they are tempted to sin by God). with an accusative of the object τοῦτο, 2 Corinthians 1:17 (L T Tr WH for R βουλευόμενος); followed by an accusative with an infinitive 2 Peter 3:9. of the will electing or choosing between two or more things, answering to the Latin placet mihi: Matthew 1:19 (cf. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι, Matt 1:20); Matt 11:27 [not L marginal reading]; Luke 10:22; Luke 22:42; Acts 25:20; [1 Corinthians 12:11]; James 3:4; James 4:4; followed by the subjunctive βούλεσθε, ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω; is it your will I should release unto you? (cf. Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 4 b.; Buttmann, § 139, 2), John 18:39. of the will prescribing, followed by an accusative with an infinitive: Philippians 1:12 (γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς βούλομαι I would have you know, know ye); 1 Timothy 2:8; 1 Timothy 5:14; Titus 3:8.
2. of willing as an affection, to desire: followed by an infinitive, 1 Timothy 6:9 (οἱ βουλόμενοι πλουτεῖν); Acts 17:20; Acts 18:15; ἐβουλόμην (on this use of the imperfect see Buttmann, 217f (187f); [cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Bp. Lightfoot on Philemon 1:13]), Acts 25:22; Philemon 1:13. On the difference between βούλομαι and θέλω, see θέλω, at the end.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 11:27
Mark
15:15
Luke
10:22; 22:42; 22:42
John
18:39
Acts
5:28; 5:33; 12:4; 15:37; 17:20; 18:15; 18:27; 19:30; 22:30; 23:28; 25:20; 25:22; 27:43; 28:18
1 Corinthians
12:11
2 Corinthians
1:15; 1:17
Philippians
1:12
1 Timothy
2:8; 5:14; 6:9
Titus
3:8
Philemon
1:13; 1:13
Hebrews
6:17
James
1:18; 3:4; 4:4
2 Peter
3:9
2 John
1:12; 1:12
3 John
1:10
Jude
1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1014 matches the Greek βούλομαι (boulomai),
which occurs 37 times in 37 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - “All G3956 things G3956 have been handed G3860 over G3860 to Me by My Father G3962; and no G3762 one G3762 knows G1921 the Son G5207 except G1508 the Father G3962; nor G3761 does anyone G5100 know G1921 the Father G3962 except G1508 the Son G5207, and anyone to whom G3739 the Son G5207 determines G1014 to reveal G601 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - Intent G1014 on satisfying G4160 G2425 the crowd G3793, Pilate G4091 released G630 Barabbas G912 for them, and after having Jesus G2424 flogged G5417, he handed G3860 Him over G3860 to be crucified G4717.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - “All G3956 things G3956 have been handed G3860 over G3860 to Me by My Father G3962, and no G3762 one G3762 knows G1097 who G5101 the Son G5207 is except G1508 the Father G3962, and who G5101 the Father G3962 is except G1508 the Son G5207, and anyone to whom G3739 the Son G5207 determines G1014 to reveal G601 Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying G3004, “Father G3962, if G1487 You are willing G1014, remove G3911 this G3778 cup G4221 from Me; yet G4133 not My will G2307, but Yours G4674 be done G1096.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - “However, you have a custom G4914 that I release G630 one G1520 prisoner [fn]for you at the Passover G3957; therefore G3767 do you wish G1014 that I release G630 [fn]for you the King G935 of the Jews G2453?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28 - saying G3004, “We gave G3853 you strict G3852 orders G3852 not to continue teaching G1321 in this G3778 name G3686, and [fn]yet G2400, you have filled G4137 Jerusalem G2419 with your teaching G1322 and intend G1014 to bring G1863 this G3778 Man’s G444 blood G129 upon us.”

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But when they heard G191 this, they became G1282 infuriated G1282 and nearly decided G1011 to execute G337 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had arrested G4084 him, he put G5087 him in prison G5438, turning G3860 him over G3860 to four G5064 [fn]squads G5069 of soldiers G4757 to guard G5442 him, intending G1014 only after G3326 the Passover G3957 to bring G321 him before the people G2992.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:37 - Barnabas G921 wanted G1014 to take G4838 John G2491, called G2564 Mark G3138, along G4838 with them also G2532.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - “For you are bringing G1533 some G5100 strange G3579 things G3579 to our ears G189; so G3767 we want G1014 to know G1097 what G5101 these G3778 things G3778 mean G2309 G1510.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if G1487 there are [fn]questions G2213 about G4012 [fn]teaching G3056 and [fn]persons G3686 and your own law G3551, see G3708 to G3708 it yourselves G846; I am G1014 unwilling G3756 G1014 to be a judge G2923 of these G3778 matters.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 - And when he wanted G1014 to go G1330 across G1330 to Achaia G882, the brothers G80 encouraged G4389 him and wrote G1125 to the disciples G3101 to welcome G588 him; and when he had arrived G3854, he greatly G4183 [fn]helped G4820 those G3588 who had believed G4100 through G1223 grace G5485,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - And when Paul G3972 wanted G1014 to go G1525 into the assembly G1218, the disciples G3101 would not let G1439 him.

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Now G1161 on the next G1887 day G1887, wanting G1014 to know G1097 for certain G804 why G5101 Paul had been accused G2723 by the Jews G2453, he released G3089 him and ordered G2753 the chief G749 priests G749 and all G3956 the [fn]Council G4892 to assemble G4905, and he brought G2609 Paul G3972 down G2609 and placed G2476 him before G1519 them.

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And wanting G1014 to ascertain G1921 the basis G156 for the charges G1458 they were bringing G1458 against G1458 him, I brought G2609 him down G2609 to their [fn]Council G4892;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:20 - “And being G639 at G639 a G639 loss G639 how G2214 to G2214 investigate G2214 [fn]such G3778 matters, I [fn]asked G3004 whether G1487 he was willing G1014 to go G4198 to Jerusalem G2414 and stand G2919 trial G2919 there G2546 on these G3778 matters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - Then G2532 Agrippa G67 said to Festus G5347, “I also G2532 would like G1014 to hear G191 the man G444 myself G846.” “Tomorrow G839,” he *said G5346, “you shall hear G191 him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion G1543, wanting G1014 to bring G1295 Paul G3972 safely G1295 through G1295, kept G2967 them from accomplishing their intention G1013, and commanded G2753 that those G3588 who could G1410 swim G2860 were to [fn]jump G641 overboard G641 first G4413 and get G1826 to land G1093,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - “And when they had examined G350 me, they were willing G1014 to release G630 me because G1223 there were no G3367 grounds G156 [fn]for putting me to death G2288.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11 - But one G1520 and the same G846 Spirit G4151 works G1754 all G3956 these G3778 things G3778, distributing G1244 to each G1538 one G1538 individually G2398 just G2531 as G2531 He [fn]wills G1014.

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In this G3778 confidence G4006 I intended G1014 at first G4387 to come G2064 to you, so G2443 that G2443 you might [fn]twice G1208 receive G2192 a [fn]blessing G5485;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - Therefore G3767, I was not vacillating G5530 G1644 when I intended G1014 to do this G3778, was I? Or G2228 what G3739 I decide G1011, do I decide G1011 according G2596 to the flesh G4561, so G2443 that G2443 with me there will be [fn]yes G3483, yes G3483 and no G3756, no G3756 at the same time?

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Now G1161 I want G1014 you to know G1097, brothers G80 and sisters, that my circumstances G3588 G2596 have turned G2064 out G2064 for the greater G3123 progress G4297 of the gospel G2098,

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Therefore G3767 I want G1014 the men G435 in every G3956 place G5117 to pray G4336, lifting G1869 up G1869 holy G3741 hands G5495, without G5565 anger G3709 and dispute G1261.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:14 - Therefore G3767, I want G1014 younger G3501 widows to get G1060 married G1060, have G5041 children G5041, manage G3616 their households G3616, and give G1325 the enemy G480 no G3367 opportunity G874 for reproach G3059;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But those G3588 who want G1014 to get G4147 rich G4147 fall G1706 into temptation G3986 and a trap G3803, and many G4183 foolish G453 and harmful G983 desires G1939 which G3748 plunge G1036 people G444 into ruin G3639 and destruction G684.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:8 - This G3588 statement G3056 is trustworthy G4103; and concerning G4012 these G3778 things G3778 I want G1014 you to speak G1226 confidently G1226, so G2443 that G2443 those G3588 who have believed G4100 God G2316 will be careful G5431 to engage G4291 in good G2570 deeds G2041. These G3778 things G3778 are good G2570 and beneficial G5624 for people G444.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom G3739 I wanted G1014 to keep G2722 with me, so G2443 that G2443 in G5228 your behalf G5228 he might be G1247 at G1247 my service G1247 in my [fn]imprisonment G1199 for the gospel G2098;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - [fn]In the same G3739 way God G2316, desiring G1014 even G4053 more G4053 to demonstrate G1925 to the heirs G2818 of the promise G1860 [fn]the fact that His purpose G1012 is unchangeable G276, [fn]confirmed G3315 it with an oath G3727,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - In the exercise of His will G1014 He gave G616 us birth G616 by the word G3056 of truth G225, so G1519 that G1519 we would be [fn]a kind G5100 of first G536 fruits G536 [fn]among His creatures G2938.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - Look G2400 at the ships G4143 too G2532: though they are so G5082 large G5082 and are driven G1643 by strong G4642 winds G417, they are nevertheless directed G3329 by a very G1646 small G1646 rudder G4079 wherever G3699 the inclination G3730 of the pilot G2116 determines G1014.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - You adulteresses G3428, do you not know G6063 that friendship G5373 with the world G2889 is hostility G2189 toward God G2316? Therefore G3767 whoever G3739 G1437 wants G1014 to be a friend G5384 of the world G2889 makes G2525 himself an enemy G2190 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - The Lord G2962 is not slow G1019 about His promise G1860, as some G5100 count G2233 slowness G1022, but is G3114 patient G3114 toward G1519 you, not willing G1014 for any G5100 to perish G622, but for all G3956 to come G5562 to repentance G3341.

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Though I have G2192 many G4183 things G4183 to write G1125 to you, I do not want G1014 to do so with paper G5489 and ink G3189; but I hope G1679 to come G1096 to you and speak G2980 [fn]face G4750 to face G4750, so G2443 that G2443 [fn]your joy G5479 may be made G4137 complete G4137.

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:10 - For this G3778 reason G1223, if G1437 I come G2064, I will call G5279 attention G5279 to his deeds G2041 which G3739 he does G4160, unjustly G5396 accusing G5396 us with malicious G4190 words G3056; and not satisfied G714 with this G3778, he himself G846 does not receive G1926 the brothers G80 either G3777, and he forbids G2967 those G3588 who want G1014 to do so and puts G1544 them out G1544 of the church G1577.

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Now G1161 I want G1014 to remind G5279 you, though you know G6063 everything G3956 once G530 and for G530 all G530, that [fn]the Lord G2962, after saving G4982 a people G2992 out of the land G1093 of Egypt G125, [fn]subsequently G1208 destroyed G622 those G3588 who did not believe G4100.

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