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
| Acts 25:9 | But Festus, wanting (thelōn | θέλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to curry favor with the Jews, responded to Paul, saying, “Do you want (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?” |
| Acts 26:5 | for they have known from the first, if they are willing (thelōsi | θέλωσι | pres act subj 3 pl) to go on record, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest party of our religious system. |
| Romans 1:13 | I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to know, brethren, that I often intended to come to you (but have been prevented until now) so that I might have some fruit among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles. |
| Romans 7:15 | I do not understand my own actions; for I am not doing what I want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) to do, but I am doing what I hate. |
| Romans 7:16 | But if I am doing what I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) not want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) to do, I agree with the law, that it is good. |
| Romans 7:18 | For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire (thelein | θέλειν | pres act inf ) to do what is right, but I am unable to do it. |
| Romans 7:19 | For I do not do the good I want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg), but the evil I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) not want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) is what I do. |
| Romans 7:20 | Now if I do what I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) not want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg), it is no longer I who do it, but sin that lives in me. |
| Romans 7:21 | So I find it to be a law that when I want (thelonti | θέλοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) to do good, evil is present in me. |
| Romans 9:16 | So then, it does not depend on human (thelontos | θέλοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) desire or exertion, but on God’s mercy. |
| Romans 9:18 | So then, God has mercy on whomever he wills (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg), and he hardens whomever he wills (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg). |
| Romans 9:22 | What if God, willing (thelōn | θέλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to display his wrath and make known his power, has endured with great patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction? |
| Romans 11:25 | I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) not want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this mystery — so that you may not be wise in your own conceits — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. |
| Romans 13:3 | For rulers are not a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do wrong. Would (theleis | θέλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you have no fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval |
| Romans 16:19 | Your obedience is known to all and thus I am rejoicing over you. But I want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to be wise as to what is good, and innocent as to what is evil. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:19 | But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills (thelēsē | θελήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), and I will find out not the speech of these arrogant people but their power. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:21 | What would you prefer (thelete | θέλετε | pres act ind 2 pl)? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction or with love in a spirit of gentleness? |
| 1 Corinthians 7:7 | I wish (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) that all men were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:32 | I want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:36 | If someone believes he is not treating his virgin in an appropriate manner, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, he should do what he desires (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg), it is no sin — let them marry. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:39 | A wife is bound for such a time as her husband is alive. But if her husband should die, she is free to marry whom she wishes (thelei | θέλει | pres act ind 3 sg), only in the Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:1 | For I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) not want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, |
| 1 Corinthians 10:20 | No, what I am implying is that the things that people sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) not want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to be sharers with demons. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:27 | If one of the unbelievers invites you to a meal and you decide (thelete | θέλετε | pres act ind 2 pl) to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question based on conscience. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:3 | But I want (thelō | θέλω | pres act ind 1 sg) you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. |
