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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 - and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - 'All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged him -- that he might be crucified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:22 - 'All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me --; but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, that I shall 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 not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard 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 certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:15 - but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves to it, for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 - and he being minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, did help them much who have believed through the grace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - And on Paul's purposing to enter in unto the populace, the disciples were not suffering him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:28 - and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:20 - and I, doubting in regard to the question concerning this, said, If he would wish to go on to Jerusalem, and there to be judged concerning these things --

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:22 - And Agrippa said unto Festus, 'I was wishing also myself to hear the man;' and he said, 'To-morrow thou shalt hear him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:18 - who, having examined me, were wishing to release me, because of their being no cause of death in me,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11 - and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 - and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:12 - And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:14 - I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:8 - Stedfast is the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works -- who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:18 - having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:12 - Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:10 - because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 - and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;
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