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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
77x 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 77 times in 71 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:5–Pro 12:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:2 - If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:2 - If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you[fn] refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 - “ ‘If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:8 - Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife answered, “If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the LORD lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If one person sins against another, God[fn] may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the LORD, who will intercede for them?” His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the LORD’s will to put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[fn] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.” But the king’s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - He was not willing to take the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - One of Joab’s men stood beside Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6 - He answered her, “Because I said to Naboth the Jezreelite, ‘Sell me your vineyard; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - “God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - Nevertheless, because of the covenant the LORD had made with David, the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David. He had promised to maintain a lamp for him and his descendants forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all these women and their children, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - “Keep the money,” the king said to Haman, “and do with the people as you please.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[fn] and to plunder the property of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit[fn] and breath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 - But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword[fn] and die without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:10 - The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

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