ἘΘΕΛΕΙ, ἐθελει
ETHELEI, ethelei
Sounds Like: eh-THEH-lei
Translations: he wills, she wills, it wills, he wishes, she wishes, it wishes, he desires, she desires, it desires, he wants, she wants, it wants, he is willing, she is willing, it is willing
From the root: ΕΘΕΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to will,' 'to wish,' 'to desire,' or 'to be willing.' It is used to express a person's intention, desire, or consent to do something. For example, it can be used in a sentence like 'He wills to go' or 'She desires to help.'
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2309 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:21
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 12:3
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 10:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΘΕΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having wished, having desired, having been willing, those who wished, those who desired, those who were willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΕΙΑΝ — they might wish, they might want, they might desire, they might intend, they might be willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΗ — to wish, to desire, to want, to be willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will wish, they will desire, they will want, they will be willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΤΕ — you wish, you want, you desire, you are willing
- ἘΘΕΛΟΜΕΝ — we wish, we want, we desire, we are willing
- ἘΘΕΛΟΥΣΗΣ — of willing, of desiring, of wishing, of choosing, of being willing
- ἘΘΕΛΟΥΣΙΟΝ — voluntary, willing, spontaneous, a voluntary thing, a willing thing
- ΕΘΕΛΟΥΣΙΟΝ — voluntary, of one's own accord, willing, a voluntary
- ΕΘΕΛΩ — to will, to wish, to desire, to be willing, to intend
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