2001 Translation

EKŌN, ekōn

Sounds Like: EH-kohn

Translations: willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, freely, a willing person

From the root: ΕΚΩΝ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes someone who acts willingly, voluntarily, or of their own accord, without compulsion. It can be used to describe a person or an action, emphasizing the free choice involved. It often implies a cheerful or unforced disposition.

Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Strong’s number: G1635 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:3, 1:12, 2:106, 4:39, 10:78

Codex Sinaiticus

• Job — 36:19
• 1 Corinthians — 9:17

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 4:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 24:197
• Book Two — 24:197

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 20:326
• Book 2 — 14:307
• Book 6 — 4:63
• Book 10 — 1:15
• Book 19 — 1:63, 1:70

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:10, 33:15
• Book Two — 21:44
• Book Three — 8:20, 8:29
• Book Six — 2:12, 6:31

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 13:76, 40:202

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 2:9

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 21:13
• Job — 36:19

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Corinthians — 9:17

From the same root

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

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.

• ΕΚΟΝ — willing, of one's own accord, voluntarily, freely
• ΕΚΟΝΤΑΣ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, willing ones, voluntary ones
• ΕΚΟΝΤΕΣ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, those who are willing, the willing ones
• ΕΚΟΝΤΙ — willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord, by one's own will
• ΕΚΟΝΤΩΝ — of willing, of voluntary, of one's own accord, of spontaneous, of unforced
• ΕΚΟΥΣΑ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, willingly, voluntarily
• ΕΚΟΥΣΑΙ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, freely

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