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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.
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:19 - And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - But every year you make a request to me to let a prisoner go free at the Passover. Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28 - We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:33 - But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:37 - And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 - And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:28 - And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:20 - And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11 - But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 - And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:17 - If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:12 - Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:14 - So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:8 - This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:12 - Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:10 - So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 - Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;
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