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Strong's Exhausive Concised Dictionary - θέλω

θέλω

G2309

Transliteration: thélō

Pronunciation: thel'-o

Definition: desire


θέλω (thélō | thel'-o) or ἐθέλω (ethélō | eth-el'-o), in certain tenses θελέω (theléō | thel-eh'-o), and ἐθελέω (etheléō | eth-el-eh'-o)
[Grk] θέλω LN: 25.1, 25.102, 30.58, 31.4, 33.136 GK: G2527" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2527 Hebrew: אָמַר, בֹּוא, דָּמָה, הָלַךְ, חָדַל, חָפֵץ, יָסַד, מָאֵן, עָוָה, עָוָה, עָמַם, צְבָא, רָאָה, רָצָה
, which are otherwise obsolete
Derivation: apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138;
Strong's: to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1014 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
KJV: --desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).
See: G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138
See: G1014" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1014

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