Thel'-o or thel'-o or in certain tenses theleo thel-eh'-o, and etheleo eth-el-eh'-o, which are otherwise obsolete; apparently strengthened from the alternate form of haireomai; to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas boulomai properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. Choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. Be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in


desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).


see GREEK haireomai


see GREEK boulomai

Textus Receptus Greek Text

hqelen
Matt 2:18, Matt 18:30, Matt 27:34, Mark 3:13, Mark 6:19, Mark 6:48, Mark 7:24, Mark 9:30, Luke 15:28, Luke 18:13, John 7:1, Acts 10:10, Acts 14:13, Acts 19:33

hqeleV
John 21:18

hqelhsamen
Acts 24:6, 1 Th 2:18

hqelhsan
Matt 17:12, Mark 9:13, Luke 10:24, Acts 7:39

hqelhsaV
Heb 10:5, Heb 10:8

hqelhsate
Matt 23:37, Luke 13:34, John 5:35

hqelhsa
Matt 23:37, Luke 13:34, Phm 1:14

hqelhsen
Matt 18:23, Mark 6:26, Luke 18:4, John 1:43, Acts 16:3, 1 Cor 12:18, 1 Cor 15:38, Col 1:27

hqelon
Matt 22:3, Matt 27:15, John 6:11, John 6:21, John 7:44, John 16:19, Gal 4:20

hqethsan
Luke 7:30, 1 Ti 5:12

qelein
Rom 7:18, 2 Cor 8:10, 2 Cor 8:11, Php 2:13

qeleiV
Matt 13:28, Matt 15:28, Matt 17:4, Matt 19:17, Matt 19:21, Matt 20:21, Matt 26:17, Mark 10:51, Mark 14:12, Luke 9:54, Luke 18:41, Luke 22:9, John 5:6, John 21:18, Acts 7:28, Acts 9:6, Acts 25:9, Rom 13:3, Jam 2:20

qelei
Matt 16:24, Matt 27:43, Mark 8:34, Mark 9:35, Luke 5:39, Luke 9:23, Luke 13:31, John 3:8, John 5:21, Rom 9:18, Rom 9:18, 1 Cor 7:36, 1 Cor 7:39, 2 Th 3:10, 1 Ti 2:4

qelete
Matt 11:14, Matt 20:32, Matt 26:15, Matt 27:17, Matt 27:21, Mark 10:36, Mark 15:9, Mark 15:12, Luke 6:31, John 5:40, John 6:67, John 8:44, John 9:27, John 9:27, 1 Cor 4:21, 1 Cor 10:27, 2 Cor 12:20, Gal 4:9

qelhsantaV
Luke 19:27

qelhsh
1 Cor 4:19, Jam 4:15

qelhswsin
Rev 11:6

qelhsw
2 Cor 12:6

qelhV
Matt 8:2, Mark 1:40, Mark 6:22, Luke 5:12

qelhte
Matt 7:12, Mark 14:7, John 15:7, Gal 5:17

qelh
Matt 16:25, Matt 20:26, Matt 20:27, Mark 8:35, Mark 10:43, Mark 10:44, Luke 9:24, John 7:17, Rev 11:5, Rev 11:5

qeloi
Luke 1:62, Acts 2:12, Acts 17:18, Acts 17:20

qelomen
Matt 12:38, Mark 10:35, Luke 19:14, John 12:21, 2 Cor 1:8, 2 Cor 5:4

qelontaV
2 Pe 3:5

qelonta
Matt 5:42

qelonteV
Luke 8:20, Luke 16:26, Gal 1:7, Gal 4:21, 1 Ti 1:7, 2 Ti 3:12, Heb 13:18

qelonti
Matt 5:40, Rom 7:21

qelontoV
Acts 18:21, Rom 9:16

qelontwn
Mark 12:38, Luke 20:46, 2 Cor 11:12

qelousin
Matt 23:4, 1 Cor 14:35, Gal 4:17, Gal 6:12, Gal 6:13, 1 Ti 5:11

qelwn
Matt 1:19, Matt 14:5, Luke 10:29, Luke 14:28, Luke 23:8, Luke 23:20, Acts 24:27, Acts 25:9, Rom 9:22, 2 Cor 11:32, Col 2:18, Heb 12:17, 1 Pe 3:10, Rev 22:17

qelwsin
Acts 26:5

qelw
Matt 8:3, Matt 9:13, Matt 12:7, Matt 15:32, Matt 20:14, Matt 20:15, Matt 21:29, Matt 26:39, Mark 1:41, Mark 6:25, Mark 14:36, Luke 4:6, Luke 5:13, Luke 12:49, John 17:24, John 21:22, John 21:23, Rom 1:13, Rom 7:15, Rom 7:16, Rom 7:19, Rom 7:19, Rom 7:20, Rom 11:25, Rom 16:19, 1 Cor 7:7, 1 Cor 7:32, 1 Cor 10:1, 1 Cor 10:20, 1 Cor 11:3, 1 Cor 12:1, 1 Cor 14:5, 1 Cor 14:19, 1 Cor 16:7, 2 Cor 12:20, Gal 3:2, Col 2:1, 1 Th 4:13, 3 Jo 1:13