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Lexicon :: Strong's G1014 - boulomai

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βούλομαι
Transliteration
boulomai (Key)
Pronunciation
boo'-lom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb
mGNT
37x in 20 unique form(s) TR
34x in 21 unique form(s) LXX
78x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:629,108

Strong’s Definitions

βούλομαι boúlomai, boo'-lom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing:—be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing). Compare G2309.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G1014 in the following manner: will (15x), would (11x), be minded (2x), intend (2x), be disposed (1x), be willing (1x), list (1x), of his own will (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G1014 in the following manner: will (15x), would (11x), be minded (2x), intend (2x), be disposed (1x), be willing (1x), list (1x), of his own will (1x).

  1. to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded

  2. of willing as an affection, to desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βούλομαι boúlomai, boo'-lom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing:—be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing). Compare G2309.
STRONGS G1014:
βούλομαι, 2 person singular βούλει Luke 22:42 (Attic for βούλῃ, cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 a.; Buttmann, 42 (37)); imperfect ἐβουλόμην (Attic [(cf. Veitch), yet commonly] ἠβουλομην); 1 aorist ἐβουλήθην (Matthew 1:19) and ἠβουλήθην (2 John 1:12 R G; but others ἐβουλήθ. cf. [WHs Appendix, p. 162]; Winers Grammar, § 12, 1 the passage cited; Buttmann, 33 (29)); Sept. for אָבָה, חָפֵץ; [from Homer down]; to will, wish; and
1. commonly, to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded: followed by an infinitive, Mark 15:15; Acts 5:28, 33 (L WH Tr text for R G T ἐβουλεύοντο); Acts 12:4; 15:37 (L T Tr WH for R ἐβουλεύσατο); Acts 18:27; 19:30; 22:30; 23:28; 27:43; 28:18; 2 Corinthians 1:15; Hebrews 6:17; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:10 (τοὺς βουλομένους namely, ἐπιδέχεσθαι τοὺς ἀδελφούς); Jude 1:5; James 1:18 (βουληθεὶς ἀπεκύησεν ἡμᾶς of his own free will he brought us forth, with which will it ill accords to say, as some do, that they are tempted to sin by God). with an accusative of the object τοῦτο, 2 Corinthians 1:17 (L T Tr WH for R βουλευόμενος); followed by an accusative with an infinitive 2 Peter 3:9. of the will electing or choosing between two or more things, answering to the Latin placet mihi: Matthew 1:19 (cf. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι, Matt 1:20); Matt 11:27 [not L marginal reading]; Luke 10:22; Luke 22:42; Acts 25:20; [1 Corinthians 12:11]; James 3:4; James 4:4; followed by the subjunctive βούλεσθε, ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω; is it your will I should release unto you? (cf. Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 4 b.; Buttmann, § 139, 2), John 18:39. of the will prescribing, followed by an accusative with an infinitive: Philippians 1:12 (γινώσκειν ὑμᾶς βούλομαι I would have you know, know ye); 1 Timothy 2:8; 1 Timothy 5:14; Titus 3:8.
2. of willing as an affection, to desire: followed by an infinitive, 1 Timothy 6:9 (οἱ βουλόμενοι πλουτεῖν); Acts 17:20; Acts 18:15; ἐβουλόμην (on this use of the imperfect see Buttmann, 217f (187f); [cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Bp. Lightfoot on Philemon 1:13]), Acts 25:22; Philemon 1:13. On the difference between βούλομαι and θέλω, see θέλω, at the end.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 11:27
Mark
15:15
Luke
10:22; 22:42; 22:42
John
18:39
Acts
5:28; 5:33; 12:4; 15:37; 17:20; 18:15; 18:27; 19:30; 22:30; 23:28; 25:20; 25:22; 27:43; 28:18
1 Corinthians
12:11
2 Corinthians
1:15; 1:17
Philippians
1:12
1 Timothy
2:8; 5:14; 6:9
Titus
3:8
Philemon
1:13; 1:13
Hebrews
6:17
James
1:18; 3:4; 4:4
2 Peter
3:9
2 John
1:12; 1:12
3 John
1:10
Jude
1:5

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Strong's Number G1014 matches the Greek βούλομαι (boulomai),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:19 - Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded G1014 to put her away privily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will G1014 reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - And so Pilate, willing G1014 to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will G1014 reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - Saying, Father, if thou be willing, G1014 remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye G1014 therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28 - Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend G1014 to bring this man's blood upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending G1014 after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would G1014 know therefore what these things mean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be G1014 no judge of such matters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 - And when he was disposed G1014 to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - And when G1014 ➔ Paul would G1014 have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - On the morrow, because he would G1014 have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:28 - And when G1014 ➔ I would G1014 have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:20 - And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would G1014 go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would G1014 also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, willing G1014 to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - Who, when they had examined me, would G1014 have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11 - But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. G1014

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 - And in this confidence I was minded G1014 to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:12 - But I would G1014 ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - I will G1014 therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:14 - I will G1014 therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But they that will G1014 be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:8 - This is a faithful saying, and these things I will G1014 that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - Whom I would G1014 have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - Wherein God, willing G1014 more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - Of his own will G1014 begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. G1014

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be G1014 a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing G1014 that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:12 - Having many things to write unto you, I would G1014 not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:10 - Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, G1014 and casteth them out of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 - I will G1014 therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
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