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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1014 matches the Greek βούλομαι (boulomai),
which occurs 78 times in 72 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:5–Pro 1:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked him, "What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I said to you, 'Let my son go that he may serve me,' but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!"'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:2 - But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - If you do not release my people, then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:2 - For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: 'How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to release them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - So the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the LORD had put skill - everyone whose heart stirred him to volunteer to do the work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 - "'If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, "I don't want to marry her,"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, "If the LORD wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the LORD lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who then will intercede for him?" But Eli's sons would not listen to their father, for the LORD had decided to kill them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul replied, "Here is what you should say to David: 'There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.'" (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Taking an oath, David again said, "Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, 'Don't let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.' But as surely as the LORD lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me." But the king's servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he refused, saying, "I won't eat!" Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - One of Joab's soldiers who stood over Amasa said, "Whoever is for Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6 - He answered her, "While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, 'Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not sell you my vineyard.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and said, "God forbid that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?" Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - But the LORD was unwilling to destroy David's dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, "Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!" So the prophet stopped, but added, "I know that the LORD has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - The king replied to Haman, "Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves - to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, and to confiscate their property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 - They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - Surely it is an empty cry - God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10 - The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

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