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Koine Greek wordlink #101886

SR GNT Acts 24:6 ἠθελήσαμεν (aʸthelaʸsamen) ‘according_to our law we desired to_be judging’ Strongs=23090 Lemma=ethelō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=60 AD Event=Paul_sent_to_Felix TimeSeries=Paul_sent_to_Felix

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἠθελήσαμεν (V-IAA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἠθελήσαμεν’ (V-IAA1··P) has 2 different glosses: ‘we desired’, ‘we wanted’.

1 Th 2:18 ‘because we wanted to come to you_all’ SR GNT 1 Th 2:18 word 3

OET-LV: 18 Because we _wanted to _come to you _all, I indeed Paulos, both once and twice, and hindered us the Satan/(Sāţān). (TH1_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 We wanted to come and see you all—I, Paul, even tried twice to come—but Satan held us back. (TH1 2:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ethelō’ have 21 different glosses: ‘was wanting’, ‘was willing’, ‘were wanting’, ‘I was wanting’, ‘I wanted’, ‘he was wanting’, ‘he was willing’, ‘he wanted’, ‘he willed’, ‘she willed’, ‘they were wanting’, ‘they were willing’, ‘they wanted’, ‘we desired’, ‘we wanted’, ‘you were wanting’, ‘you wanted’, ‘you_all wanted’, ‘you_all willed’, ‘wanted’, ‘willed’.

Greek words (3) other than ἠθελήσαμεν (V-IAA1··P) with a gloss related to ‘desired’

MAT 13:17 ἐπεθύμησαν (epethumaʸsan) V-IAA3··P Lemma=epithumeō ‘prophets and righteous men desired to see what you_all are seeing’ SR GNT Mat 13:17 word 10

OET-LV: 17 For/Because, truly I _am _saying to _you _all that many prophets and righteous men desired to _see what you _all _are _seeing, and they_ not _saw, and to _hear what you _all _are _hearing, and they_ not _heard. (MAT_13:17)

OET-RV: 17 because I can assure you all that many prophets and godly people wanted to see what you’re seeing, but they didn’t see, and they wanted to hear what you’re all hearing, but they didn’t hear it either. (MAT 13:17)

LUKE 22:15 ἐπεθύμησα (epethumaʸsa) V-IAA1··S Lemma=epithumeō ‘to them with desire I desired this passover_feast to eat’ SR GNT Luke 22:15 word 6

OET-LV: 15 And he _said to them: With _desire I _desired to _eat this the passover_feast with you _all, before the time for _me to _suffer. (LUK_22:15)

OET-RV: 15 and he told them, “I’ve been really looking forward to eating this pass-over dinner with you all before my time of suffering begins, (LUK 22:15)

1 COR 10:6 ἐπεθύμησαν (epethumaʸsan) V-IAA3··P Lemma=epithumeō ‘of evil as also_those they desired’ SR GNT 1 Cor 10:6 word 17

OET-LV: 6 And these things examples for _us were _become, in _order that not to _be us coveters of _evil, as also _those they _desired. (CO1_10:6)

OET-RV: 6 Those things back then became examples for us, so that we wouldn’t be desiring evil things like they did. (CO1 10:6)

Key: V=verb