thelō G2309

θέλω (thelō) means “to will/desire” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

θέλω Greek · G2309 207 tagged occurrences in 198 verses

Pronunciation guide: thel'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2309

θέλω · thelō · to will/desire

θέλω (the strengthened form ἐθέλω is found in Hom., and is the more frequently in Attic; see Rutherford, NPhr., 415f.), [in LXX for חפץ ,אבה; with neg., מאן pi., etc. ;] to will, be willing, wish, desire (more frequently than βούλομαι, which see, in vernac. and late Gk., also in MGr.; for various views as to its relation to β., see Thayer, 286; but see also BL, §24, see word): absol., Rom.9:16, 1Co.4:19 12:18, Jas.4:15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, Act.18:21; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.20:21, Mrk.14:36, Jhn.15:7, Rom.7:15, 16 1Co.4:21 7:36, Gal.5:17; with inf., Mat.5:40, Mrk.10:43, Jhn.6:21, 67 Rom.7:21, Gal.4:9; with accusative and inf., Mrk.7:24, Luk.1:62, Jhn.21:22, 23 Rom.16:19, 1Co.14:5, Gal.6:13; οὐ θέλω, Mat.18:30, al.; id. with inf., Mat.2:18, Mrk.6:26, Jhn.5:40, 1Co.16:7; before ἵνα, Mat.7:12, Mrk.6:25, Jhn.17:24; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω, Rom.7:15, 19 2Co.8:10, 11 Php.2:13; before ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE, 179:24), 1Co.14:19; θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg), Col.2:18; in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.9:13 12:7, Heb.10:5, 8; with inf., 1Pe.3:10; for אמר, with inf., Act.7:28 (see Cremer, 726ff.). θέλω (the strengthened form ἐθέλω is found in Hom., and is the more frequently in Attic; see Rutherford, NPhr., 415f.), [in LXX for חפץ ,אבה; with neg., מאן pi., etc. ;] to will, be willing, wish, desire (more frequently than βούλομαι, which see, in vernac. and late Gk., also in MGr.; for various views as to its relation to β., see Thayer, 286; but see also BL, §24, see word): absol., Rom.9:16, 1Co.4:19 12:18, Jas.4:15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, Act.18:21; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.20:21, Mrk.14:36, Jhn.15:7, Rom.7:15, 16 1Co.4:21 7:36, Gal.5:17; with inf., Mat.5:40, Mrk.10:43, Jhn.6:21, 67 Rom.7:21, Gal.4:9; with accusative and inf., Mrk.7:24, Luk.1:62, Jhn.21:22, 23 Rom.16:19, 1Co.14:5, Gal.6:13; οὐ θέλω, Mat.18:30, al.; id. with inf., Mat.2:18, Mrk.6:26, Jhn.5:40, 1Co.16:7; before ἵνα, Mat.7:12, Mrk.6:25, Jhn.17:24; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω, Rom.7:15, 19 2Co.8:10, 11 Php.2:13; before ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE, 179:24), 1Co.14:19; θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg), Col.2:18; in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s), Mat.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.9:13 12:7, Heb.10:5, 8; with inf., 1Pe.3:10; for אמר, with inf., Act.7:28 (see Cremer, 726ff.). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.

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How translators render G2309

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
do you want	18
wants	17
i want	9
i do not want	8
want	7
you want	6
wanted	5
desire	4
i wish	4
you are willing	4
you wish	4
he refused	3
i am willing	3
is willing	3
they want	3
wanting	3
we do not want	3
we want	3
wishing	3
are you willing	2
desires	2
he did not want	2
he wishes	2
i desire	2
i do not want to do	2
i have longed	2
i want to do	2
i wish that	2
refused	2
they like	2
they wanted	2
they wish	2
they wished	2
trying	2
will	2
you did not desire	2
you were unwilling	2
you would have	2
and desire	1
are not willing	1
deliberately	1
desired	1
do you prefer	1
do you wish	1
does	1
has chosen	1
he had wanted	1
he has designed	1
he intended	1
he wanted	1
he wants him	1
he wants to harden	1
he wants to have mercy	1
herod wanted	1
his design	1
hoping	1
i did not want	1
i please	1
i wanted	1
i will not	1
i would like	1
i would prefer	1
i would rather	1
intending	1
is unwilling	1
it is	1
it wishes	1
jesus decided	1
jesus did not want	1
mean	1
not wanting anyone	1
refusing	1
she is unwilling	1
she wishes	1
so he	1
their choosing	1
they are willing	1
they refused	1
they were willing	1
they will want	1
to have such a desire	1
to will	1
unwilling even	1
wanted something	1
was unwilling	1
we do not wish	1
we wanted	1
were unwilling for	1
were willing	1
when he wanted	1
who delights	1
who wants	1
wish	1
would	1
you desire	1
you do not want to go	1
you refuse	1
you wanted	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
would	19
will	17
i would	13
wilt thou	12
i will	11
thou wilt	7
will ye	7
willing	7
he would	6
desire	5
they would	5
we would	5
thou wouldest	4
would have	4
ye will	4
ye would	4
and would have	3
have	3
he will	3
i would have	3
they will	3
to will	3
desirous	2
i will have	2
i will that	2
it hath pleased him	2
they listed	2
when	2
a voluntary	1
any man will	1
be so	1
desireth	1
desiring	1
have desired	1
he that will	1
he will have	1
he would have	1
him that would	1
i desire	1
i had rather	1
i would desire	1
if	1
intending	1
it listeth	1
love	1
mean	1
of him that willeth	1
she will	1
that	1
that will	1
they	1
they were desirous	1
they willingly	1
thou diddest	1
to be forward	1
we will	1
we would have	1
were willing	1
what he will	1
when he would have	1
which desire	1
whosoever will	1
will have	1
will i	1
willingly	1
wilt thou that	1
would i	1
would i have	1
would ye	1
would ye that	1
ye be disposed	1
ye desire	1

Verses containing G2309

Page 2 of 4. 198 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Mark 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
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Mark 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
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Mark 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
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Mark 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,
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Mark 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
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Mark 10:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
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Mark 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.
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Mark 10:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
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Mark 10:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.
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Mark 10:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”
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Mark 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,
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Mark 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
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Mark 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
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Mark 14:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
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Mark 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
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Mark 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”
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Luke 1:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
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Luke 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
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Luke 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
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Luke 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
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Luke 5:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
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Luke 6:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
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Luke 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
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Luke 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
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Luke 9:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
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Luke 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
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Luke 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Luke 12:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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Luke 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
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Luke 13:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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Luke 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
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Luke 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
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Luke 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
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Luke 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
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Luke 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
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Luke 18:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”
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Luke 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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Luke 19:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
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Luke 20:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
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Luke 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked.
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Luke 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.
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Luke 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
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John 1:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
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John 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
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John 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
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John 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
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John 5:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
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John 5:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
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John 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
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John 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
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