ἐθέλω

ἐθέλω, see: θέλω.

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, 1 Kor 4,19; 12,18, Jak 4,15; τ. θεοῦ θέλοντος, ApG 18,21 with accusative of thing(s), Matt 20,21, Mark 14,36, Joh 15,7, Rom 7,15, 16 1 Kor 4,21; 7,36, Gal 5,17; with inf., Matt 5,40, Mark 10,43, Joh 6,21, 67 Rom 7,21, Gal 4,9; with accusative and inf., Mark 7,24, Luk 1,62, Joh 21,22, 23 Rom 16,19, 1 Kor 14,5, Gal 6,13; οὐ θέλω, Matt 18,30, al.; id. with inf., Matt 2,18, Mark 6,26, Joh 5,40, 1 Kor 16,7; before ἵνα, Matt 7,12, Mark 6,25, Joh 17,24; opposite to ποιέω, πράσσω, ἐνεργέω, Rom 7,15, 19 2 Kor 8,10, 11 Fil 2,13; before ἤ (ICG, in l.; Deiss., LAE, 179:24), 1 Kor 14,19 θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσυνῄ (of his own mere will, by humility, R, mg), Kol 2,18 in OT quotations, for Heb. חפץ, with accusative of person(s), Matt 27,43 with accusative of thing(s), Matt 9,13; 12,7, Hebr 10,5, 8; with inf., 1 Pet 3,10 for אמר, with inf., ApG 7,28 (see Cremer, 726ff.).