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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θέλω
Greek transliteration: 
thelō
Simplified transliteration: 
thelo
Principal Parts: 
θελήσω, ἠθέλησα, -, -, ἐθελήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2309
GK Number: 
2527
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
208
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(2c)
Gloss: 
to will, decide, want to; wish, desire
Definition: 
to exercise the will, properly by an unimpassioned operation; to be willing, Mt. 17:4; to be inclined, disposed, Rom. 13:3; to choose, Lk. 1:62; to intend, design, Lk. 14:28; to will, Jn. 5:21; 21:22; ἤθελον, I could wish, Gal. 4:20

Greek-English Concordance for θέλω

Mark 8:34 When he had called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to come be my disciple, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.
Mark 8:35 For whoever wishes (thelē | θέλῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.
Mark 9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased (ēthelon | ἤθελον | imperf act ind 3 pl), just as it is written about him.”
Mark 9:30 And leaving there, they went on through Galilee. And Jesus did (ēthelen | ἤθελεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not want (ēthelen | ἤθελεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) anyone to know about it;
Mark 9:35 And sitting down, he called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone would (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg) be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want (thelomen | θέλομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) you to do for us whatever we ask.”
Mark 10:36 And he said to them, “What do you want (thelete | θέλετε | pres act ind 2 pl) me to do for you?”
Mark 10:43 But it is not to be so among you. But whoever would (thelē | θέλῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) be great among you must be your servant,
Mark 10:44 and whoever would (thelē | θέλῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) be first among you must be servant of all.
Mark 10:51 And answering him, Jesus said, “What do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, that I might see again.”
Mark 12:38 And in his teaching he was saying, “Beware of the scribes, who like (thelontōn | θελόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to parade around in flowing robes, and want greetings in the marketplaces
Mark 14:7 For you will always have the poor with you, and whenever you want (thelēte | θέλητε | pres act subj 2 pl) you can do something good for them, but you will not always have me.
Mark 14:12 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when people were slaughtering the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Mark 14:36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg), but what you will.”
Mark 15:9 So Pilate responded to them, saying, “Do you want (thelete | θέλετε | pres act ind 2 pl) me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
Mark 15:12 And Pilate, answering again said to them, “What, then, do you want (thelete | θέλετε | pres act ind 2 pl) me to do with the man you call the king of the Jews?”
Luke 1:62 So they motioned to his father to find out what he (theloi | θέλοι | pres act opt 3 sg) would like (theloi | θέλοι | pres act opt 3 sg) him to be called.
Luke 4:6 The devil said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for to me it has been handed over, and to whomever I desire (thelō | θέλω | pres act subj 1 sg), I give it.
Luke 5:12 It happened that, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and implored him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing (thelēs | θέλῃς | pres act subj 2 sg), you can make me clean.”
Luke 5:13 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg); become clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him.
Luke 5:39 And no one drinking the old desires (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg) the new; for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
Luke 6:31 “And as you wish (thelete | θέλετε | pres act ind 2 pl) that others would do to you, do so to them.
Luke 8:20 It was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting (thelontes | θέλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to see you.”
Luke 9:23 Then he said to all, “If someone wants (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to come after me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross daily, and let him follow me.
Luke 9:24 For whoever wants (thelē | θέλῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake, this person will save it.
Luke 9:54 Seeing this, his disciples James and John said, “Lord, do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”
Luke 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired (ēthelēsan | ἠθέλησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
Luke 10:29 But he, wishing (thelōn | θέλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 12:49 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) that it were already kindled!
Luke 13:31 In that very hour some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Leave and get away from here, for Herod wants (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to kill you.”
Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to it! How often I wanted (ēthelēsa | ἠθέλησα | aor act ind 1 sg) to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you (ēthelēsate | ἠθελήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) did (ēthelēsate | ἠθελήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) not want (ēthelēsate | ἠθελήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) it!
Luke 14:28 “For which of you, wanting (thelōn | θέλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to bring it to completion;
Luke 15:28 But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to appeal to him,
Luke 16:26 Besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been put in place, so that those wishing (thelontes | θέλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to cross over from here to you are not able, and no one can cross from there to us.’
Luke 18:4 He (ēthelen | ἤθελεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) didn’t want (ēthelen | ἤθελεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to for a time. But later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,
Luke 18:13 The tax collector, however, standing at a distance, would (ēthelen | ἤθελεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not even raise his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:41 “What do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, that I might see again.”
Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We (thelomen | θέλομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) do (thelomen | θέλομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) not want (thelomen | θέλομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) this person to rule over us.’
Luke 19:27 But as for these enemies of mine who did (thelēsantas | θελήσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) not want (thelēsantas | θελήσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.”
Luke 20:46 “Beware of those scribes, who like (thelontōn | θελόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to walk around in flowing robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
Luke 22:9 They said to him, “Where do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) us to prepare it?”
Luke 23:8 Upon seeing Jesus, Herod was very glad, since for a long time he had been wanting (thelōn | θέλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to see him, because of what he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some miraculous sign done by him.
Luke 23:20 Once again Pilate, wanting (thelōn | θέλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to release Jesus, called out to them,
John 1:43 The following day Jesus decided (ēthelēsen | ἠθέλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to go to Galilee, and he met Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
John 3:8 The wind blows wherever it chooses (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg), and you hear its sound, but do not know where it is coming from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in that condition for a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) to be healed?”
John 5:21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg).
John 5:35 He was a lamp that was burning and giving light, and you were willing (ēthelēsate | ἠθελήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) for a time to rejoice in his light.
John 5:40 but you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
John 6:11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and after he had given thanks, distributed them to those who were sitting down; and he did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted (ēthelon | ἤθελον | imperf act ind 3 pl).

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