Gloss
to will, decide, want to; wish, desire
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)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for θέλω
| 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). |
