2001 Translation

BOULESTH', boulesth'

Sounds Like: boo-LEH-stha

Translations: to wish, to will, to want, to intend, to desire

From the root: ΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is an elided form of the infinitive 'ΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΑΙ' (boulesthai), which comes from the verb 'ΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙ' (boulomai). It means to wish, to will, or to want something. It describes a deliberate desire or intention, often implying a choice or decision. For example, one might use it to say 'they wish to go' or 'he intends to do this'. The apostrophe indicates that the final 'αι' has been elided, likely before a vowel in the following word.

Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive, Elided form

Strong’s number: G1014 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 7 — 11:291

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΑΙΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to wish, to desire, to want, to intend, to purpose
• ΒΕΒΟΥΛΗΣΘΑΙ — to have wished, to have purposed, to have intended, to have willed, to have decided
• ΒΕΒΟΥΛΗΤΑΙ — it has been willed, it has been purposed, it has been decided, it has been determined
• ΒΟΥΛΑΝΤΑΙ — they want, they wish, they intend, they desire
• ΒΟΥΛΕΙ — you wish, you want, you desire
• ΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to wish, to will, to desire, to intend, to purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΕ — you wish, you desire, you want, you intend, you purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΕΤΟΝ — you wish, you want, you desire, you intend, you purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΕΤΑΙ — he wishes, he wants, he intends, he wills
• ΒΟΥΛΕΤΕ — you wish, you want, you will, you intend, you purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΕΤΟ — he wished, he willed, he intended, he purposed, he desired
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΙΕΝ — they might wish, they might desire, they might will, they might intend
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΙΗ — might wish, might want, might desire, might purpose, might determine
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΙΗΤΕ — you would wish, you would want, you would desire, you would intend
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΙΣ — having willed, having desired, having purposed, having intended, having wished, having chosen
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΙΣΙ — to wish, to will, to desire, to intend, to purpose, to choose
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΑ — having wished, having willed, having desired, having intended, having purposed, wished, willed, desired, intended, purposed
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having willed, having wished, having purposed, having intended
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having willed, having wished, having intended, having purposed, having decided
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΙ — (to) having willed, (to) having desired, (to) having purposed, (to) having intended
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣ — of having willed, of having wished, of having purposed, of having desired
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΩΝ — of those who wished, of those who willed, of those who desired, of those who purposed
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΗ — wished, willed, desired, intended, was willing, was pleased
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be wished, to be willed, to be intended, to have wished, to have willed, to have intended
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣ — you wished, you wanted, you desired, you purposed
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΙΣ — having willed, having wished, having intended, be willing, be wished, be intended
• ΒΟΥΛΗΘΩΣΙΝ — they wish, they desire, they want, they intend
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will wish, will want, will desire, will purpose, will intend
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΘΕ — you wish, you want, you desire, you intend
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will wish, I will want, I will intend, I will purpose, I will determine
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who will wish, (to) those who will desire, (to) those who will intend, (to) those who will purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — intending, purposing, wishing, about to wish, about to intend, one who intends, one who wishes
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of one intending, of one wishing, of one purposing, of one desiring
• ΒΟΥΛΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will wish, they will want, they will intend, they will purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΗΤΑΙ — to wish, to desire, to will, to intend, to purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΗΤΕ — you wish, you want, you desire, you intend, you purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΗΤΟΝ — willed, desired, purposed, intended, a willed thing, a desired thing
• ΒΟΥΛΟΙΜΗΝ — I would wish, I would want, I would prefer
• ΒΟΥΛΟΙΝΤΟ — they would wish, they would want, they would desire, they would intend
• ΒΟΥΛΟΙΟ — you might wish, you might want, you might intend, you might desire
• ΒΟΥΛΟΙΣΘΕ — you would wish, you would will, you would want, you would desire
• ΒΟΥΛΟΙΤΟ — would wish, would want, would desire, would intend, would purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙ — to wish, to want, to desire, to intend, to purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕ — wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, wanting, willing
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΘΑ — we wish, we want, we desire, we intend
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΑΙΣ — to those wishing, to those desiring, to those intending, to those purposing
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΑΣ — wishing, willing, desiring, those wishing, those willing, those desiring
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΗ — wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, wanting, a wishing, a desiring
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΗΝ — wanting, wishing, intending, desiring, a wanting one, a wishing one, an intending one, a desiring one
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΙ — wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, wanting, willing
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — to those wishing, to those desiring, to those intending, for those wishing, for those desiring, for those intending
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΝ — wanting, wishing, intending, desiring, purposing, choosing, a wanting one, the one wanting
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, wanting
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΥ — wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, wanting, of one wishing, of one desiring, of one intending, of one purposing, of one wanting
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, those wishing, those desiring, those intending
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΩ — (to) wishing, (to) desiring, (to) intending, (to) purposing, (to) willing
• ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of wishing, of desiring, of willing, of intending, of purposing, of wanting
• ΒΟΥΛΟΝΤΑΙ — they want, they wish, they desire
• ΒΟΥΛΩΝΤΑΙ — they wish, they want, they intend, they desire, they purpose
• ΒΟΥΛΩΝΤΕ — wishing, willing, intending, desiring, purposing
• ἘΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΕ — you wished, you wanted, you desired, you intended
• ἘΒΟΥΛΕΤ' — he wished, he wanted, he intended, he purposed, he desired
• ἘΒΟΥΛΕΤΟ — he was wishing, he wanted, he intended, he purposed, he desired
• ἘΒΟΥΛΗΘΗ — wished, desired, intended, purposed, wanted
• ἘΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΜΕΝ — we wished, we desired, we intended, we purposed
• ἘΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΝ — I willed, I wished, I intended, I purposed, I desired
• ἘΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣ — you wished, you wanted, you desired, you purposed
• ἘΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they wished, they willed, they desired, they purposed
• ἘΒΟΥΛΟΜΗΝ — I wished, I wanted, I desired, I purposed, I intended
• ἘΒΟΥΛΟΝΤΟ — they wished, they wanted, they desired, they purposed, they intended
• ἘΒΟΥΛΟΥ — you were wishing, you were wanting, you were willing
• ΕΒΟΥΛΕΣΕΑΙ — you wished, you wanted, you desired, you intended
• ΕΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to wish, to will, to want, to desire, to intend, to purpose
• ΕΒΟΥΛΕΤΟ — he wished, he wanted, he intended, he purposed
• ΕΒΟΥΛΗΘΗ — he wished, he wanted, he desired, he purposed, he intended
• ΕΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΝ — I wished, I wanted, I purposed, I intended
• ΕΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣ — you wished, you willed, you purposed, you intended, you desired
• ΕΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they wished, they desired, they wanted, they purposed, they intended
• ΕΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΘΑ — we wished, we desired, we wanted, we purposed
• ΕΒΟΥΛΟΜΗΝ — I wished, I wanted, I desired, I intended, I purposed
• ΕΒΟΥΛΟΜ‾Η‾ — I was wishing, I was wanting, I was intending, I was purposing, I was desiring
• ΕΒΟΥΛΟΝΤΟ — they wished, they wanted, they desired, they purposed, they intended
• ΕΒΟΥΛΟΥ — you were wishing, you were wanting, you were intending, you wished, you wanted, you intended
• ΕἸΒΟΥΛΟΝΤΑΙ — they wish, they want, they desire, they intend, they purpose
• ἨΒΟΥΛΕΣΘΕ — you were wishing, you wanted, you desired, you were purposing
• ἨΒΟΥΛΕΤΟ — he wished, he wanted, he intended, he purposed, he desired
• ἨΒΟΥΛΗ — he wished, he willed, he desired, he purposed, he intended
• ἨΒΟΥΛΗΘΗ — he wished, he desired, he wanted, he purposed, he determined
• ἨΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΝ — I wished, I desired, I purposed, I intended
• ἨΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they wished, they desired, they willed, they purposed
• ἨΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΘΑ — we wished, we wanted, we desired, we intended
• ἨΒΟΥΛΟΝΤΟ — they wished, they wanted, they desired
• ΗΒΟΥΛΕΤΟ — he wished, he wanted, he purposed, he intended, he desired
• ΗΒΟΥΛΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they wished, they desired, they purposed, they intended
• ΗΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΘΑ — we wished, we wanted, we desired, we intended
• ΗΒΟΥΛΟΜΗΝ — I wished, I wanted, I desired, I intended
• ΗΒΟΥΛΟΝΤΟ — they wished, they wanted, they intended, they desired
• ΜΗΒΟΥΛΟΙΤΟ — may not wish, would not wish, should not wish, may not will, would not will, should not will
• ΜΗΔΕΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΑΣ — not wishing, not willing, not intending, not purposing, not having wished, not having willed

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