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Greek word study

θέλωthélō — I will, wish, desire

I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.

Translated in the King James as: desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly))

Appears 208 times in Scripture

Origin: apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138 (αἱρέομαι);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 42×

Matt 1:19 Matt 2:18 Matt 5:40 Matt 5:42 Matt 7:12 Matt 8:2 Matt 8:3 Matt 9:13 Matt 11:14 Matt 12:7 Matt 12:38 Matt 13:28 Matt 14:5 Matt 15:28 Matt 15:32 Matt 16:24 Matt 16:25 Matt 17:4 Matt 17:12 Matt 18:23 Matt 18:30 Matt 19:17 Matt 19:21 Matt 20:14 Matt 20:15+ 17 more in Matthew

Mark — 25×

Mark 1:40 Mark 1:41 Mark 3:13 Mark 6:19 Mark 6:22 Mark 6:25 Mark 6:26 Mark 6:48 Mark 7:24 Mark 8:34 Mark 8:35 Mark 9:13 Mark 9:30 Mark 9:35 Mark 10:35 Mark 10:36 Mark 10:43 Mark 10:44 Mark 10:51 Mark 12:38 Mark 14:7 Mark 14:12 Mark 14:36 Mark 15:9 Mark 15:12

Luke — 28×

Luke 1:62 Luke 4:6 Luke 5:12 Luke 5:13 Luke 5:39 Luke 6:31 Luke 8:20 Luke 9:23 Luke 9:24 Luke 9:54 Luke 10:24 Luke 10:29 Luke 12:49 Luke 13:31 Luke 13:34 Luke 14:28 Luke 15:28 Luke 16:26 Luke 18:4 Luke 18:13 Luke 18:41 Luke 19:14 Luke 19:27 Luke 20:46 Luke 22:9+ 3 more in Luke

John — 23×

John 1:43 John 3:8 John 5:6 John 5:21 John 5:35 John 5:40 John 6:11 John 6:21 John 6:67 John 7:1 John 7:17 John 7:44 John 8:44 John 9:27 John 12:21 John 15:7 John 16:19 John 17:24 John 21:18 John 21:22 John 21:23+ 2 more in John

Acts — 14×

Acts 2:12 Acts 7:28 Acts 7:39 Acts 10:10 Acts 14:13 Acts 16:3 Acts 17:18 Acts 17:20 Acts 18:21 Acts 19:33 Acts 24:27 Acts 25:9 Acts 26:5+ 1 more in Acts

Romans — 15×

Rom 1:13 Rom 7:15 Rom 7:16 Rom 7:18 Rom 7:19 Rom 7:20 Rom 7:21 Rom 9:16 Rom 9:18 Rom 9:22 Rom 11:25 Rom 13:3 Rom 16:19+ 2 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 17×

1 Cor 4:19 1 Cor 4:21 1 Cor 7:7 1 Cor 7:32 1 Cor 7:36 1 Cor 7:39 1 Cor 10:1 1 Cor 10:20 1 Cor 10:27 1 Cor 11:3 1 Cor 12:1 1 Cor 12:18 1 Cor 14:5 1 Cor 14:19 1 Cor 14:35 1 Cor 15:38 1 Cor 16:7

2 Corinthians — 8×

2 Cor 1:8 2 Cor 5:4 2 Cor 8:10 2 Cor 8:11 2 Cor 11:12 2 Cor 12:6 2 Cor 12:20+ 1 more in 2 Corinthians

Galatians — 9×

Gal 1:7 Gal 3:2 Gal 4:9 Gal 4:17 Gal 4:20 Gal 4:21 Gal 5:17 Gal 6:12 Gal 6:13

Philippians — 1×

Colossians — 3×

Col 1:27 Col 2:1 Col 2:18

1 Thessalonians — 2×

1 Thess 2:18 1 Thess 4:13

2 Thessalonians — 1×

1 Timothy — 3×

1 Tim 1:7 1 Tim 2:4 1 Tim 5:11

2 Timothy — 1×

Philemon — 1×

Hebrews — 4×

Heb 10:5 Heb 10:8 Heb 12:17 Heb 13:18

James — 2×

James 2:20 James 4:15

1 Peter — 2×

1 Pet 3:10 1 Pet 3:17

2 Peter — 1×

3 John — 1×

Revelation — 5×

Rev 2:21 Rev 11:5 Rev 11:6 Rev 22:17+ 1 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.