Strong's Greek · G1014
G1014 boúlomai
βούλομαι
boo'-lom-ahee
to plan
Looking for Hebrew H1014 Bêyth Gâmûwl? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G1014. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
boúlomai appears 36 times in Scripture, including Matthew 1:19 and Mark 15:15. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing
In the King James Version
be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing)
Derivation
middle voice of a primary verb;
Appears 36 times in Scripture
“The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.”
“For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.””
“Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.”
“He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.”
“And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.”
“But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?””
“Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.”
“All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
“But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.””
“and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
