θέλω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

θέλω

Definition

I want

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

208

2527

Cognates

Metzger (Lexical Aids) reminds us of the monothelite heresy that said Christ had only one will, the divine.

Biblical Concordance

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.