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. 
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