ἐθέλω, see: θέλω.

θέλω (the strengthened form ἐθέλω is found in Hom. and is the more frequently in Attic; see Rutherford, NPhr. 415f.),

[in LXX for חפץ ,אבה; with neg. מאן pi. etc. ;]

to will, be willing, wish, desire (more frequently than βούλομαι, which see, in vernac. and late Gk. also in MGr.; for various views as to its relation to β. see Thayer, 286; but see also BL, §24, see word): absol. Rom.9:16, 1Co.4:19 12:18, Jas.4:15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, Act.18:21; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.20:21, Mrk.14:36, Jhn.15:7, Rom.7:15, 16 1Co.4:21 7:36, Gal.5:17; with inf. Mat.5:40, Mrk.10:43, Jhn.6:21, 67 Rom.7:21, Gal.4:9; with accusative and inf. Mrk.7:24, Luk.1:62, Jhn.21:22, 23 Rom.16:19, 1Co.14:5, Gal.6:13; οὐ θέλω, Mat.18:30, al.; id. with inf. Mat.2:18, Mrk.6:26, Jhn.5:40, 1Co.16:7; before ἵνα, Mat.7:12, Mrk.6:25, Jhn.17:24; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω, Rom.7:15, 19 2Co.8:10, 11 Php.2:13; before ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss. LAE, 179:24), 1Co.14:19; θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg), Col.2:18; in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.9:13 12:7, Heb.10:5, 8; with inf. 1Pe.3:10; for אמר, with inf. Act.7:28 (see Cremer, 726ff.).

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