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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 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 public example, purposed to put her away privately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - All things are delivered to me by 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 reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, delivered 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 by 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 reveal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - Saying, Father, if thou art willing, 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 to you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28 - Saying, Did we not strictly command you, that ye should not teach in this name? and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend 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 after the passover 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 know therefore what these things mean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - But if it is a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it: for I will be 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 to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he had come, helped them much who had believed through grace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - And when Paul would have entered in to 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 have known the certainty why he was accused by 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 I would have known the cause for which 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 go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these matters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would 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 to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that they who could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - Who when they had examined me, would 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 same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 - And in this confidence I purposed to come to 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 ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - I will 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 therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no 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 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 that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to 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 more abundantly to show to 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 he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits 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 are so great, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, withersoever the governor willeth.

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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? whoever therefore will be 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 long-suffering toward us, not willing 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 to you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to 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 with that, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:5

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