G1014 βούλομαι
Strong's Greek Concordance · 34 KJV occurrences
βούλομαι
boúlomai
Definition
to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing
KJV Renderings
be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing)
Derivation / Etymology
middle voice of a primary verb;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 34)
- Matthew 1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
- Luke 22:42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
- Acts 17:20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
- Acts 22:30On the morrow, because he would 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.
- Acts 28:18Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
- 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
- Philemon 1:13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
- James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.