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Lexicon :: Strong's G1014 - boulomai

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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
78x 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.
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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 1:19 - And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28 - saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were minded to slay them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:37 - And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 - And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:28 - And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:20 - And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - And Agrippa said unto Festus, I also could wish to hear the man myself. To-morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - who, when they had examined me, desired to set me at liberty, because there was no cause of death in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11 - but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 - And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:12 - Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:14 - I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:8 - Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:12 - Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:10 - Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth them out of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 - Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
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