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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g1014 Greek: boulomai

Fain:

"to will deliberately, wish, desire, be minded," implying the deliberate exercise of volition (contrast No. 3), is translated "would fain" in Phm 1:13 (in the best mss.).
See DISPOSED.

2 Strong's Number: g1937 Greek: epithumeo

Fain:

"to set one's heart upon, desire," is translated "would fain" in Luk 15:16, of the Prodigal Son.
See DESIRE.

3 Strong's Number: g2309 Greek: thelo

Fain:

"to wish, to design to do anything," expresses the impulse of the will rather than the intention (see No. 1); the RV translates it "would fain" in Luk 13:31, of Herod's desire to kill Christ, AV, "will (kill);" in 1Th 2:18, of the desire of the missionaries to return to the church in Thessalonica.
See DISPOSED.

Note: In Act 26:28, in Agrippa's statement to Paul, the RV rendering is "with but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian." The lit. rendering is "with (or in) little (labor or time) thou art persuading me so as to make (me) a Christian." There is no verb for "wouldest" in the original, but it brings out the sense.

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