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Koine Greek wordlink #124936

SR GNT 2 Cor 12:6 θελήσω (thelaʸsō) ‘if for I may want to boast not I will_be’ Strongs=23090 Lemma=thelō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #123972 Person=Paul

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Only use of identical word form θελήσω (V-SAA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θελήσω’ (V-SAA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I may want’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘thelō’ have 40 different glosses: ‘am wanting’, ‘are wanting’, ‘are willing’, ‘having wanted’, ‘is wanting’, ‘is willing’, ‘may want’, ‘may will’, ‘may_be wanting’, ‘might_be wanting’, ‘might_be willing it’, ‘to_be wanting’, ‘to_be willing’, ‘I am wanting’, ‘I am wanting those’, ‘I am willing’, ‘I may want’, ‘I may_be wanting’, ‘he is wanting’, ‘he is willing’, ‘he might_be wanting’, ‘she is willing’, ‘they are wanting’, ‘they are willing’, ‘they may want’, ‘they may_be willing’, ‘we are wanting’, ‘we are willing’, ‘you are wanting’, ‘you are wanting that’, ‘you are willing’, ‘you are willing that’, ‘you may_be wanting’, ‘you may_be willing’, ‘you_all are wanting’, ‘you_all are willing’, ‘you_all may_be wanting’, ‘wanting’, ‘willing’, ‘willing it_is’.

Greek words (2) other than θελήσω (V-SAA1··S) with a gloss related to ‘want’

REV 11:5 θελήσῃ (thelaʸsaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘and if anyone may want them to injure thus’ SR GNT Rev 11:5 word 27

OET-LV: 5 And if anyone them is _wanting to _injure, fire is _going _out of the mouth of _them, and is _devouring the enemies of _them. And if anyone may _want them to _injure, thus it _is _fitting him to _be _killed _off. (REV_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and burns up their enemies, yes, if anyone wants to harm them then they deserve to be killed. (REV 11:5)

REV 11:6 θελήσωσιν (thelaʸsōsin) V-SAA3··P ‘every plague as_often_as they may want’ SR GNT Rev 11:6 word 45

OET-LV: 6 These are _having the power to _shut the sky, in _order _that no rain may _be _raining in _the days of _the prophecy of _them, and power they _are _having over the waters, to _be _turning them into blood, and to _strike the earth with every plague, as _often _as if they _may _want. (REV_11:6)

OET-RV: 6 Those witnesses have the power to stop the rain so that it doesn’t rain while they’re speaking out, and they have power to turn rivers and lakes into blood, and to damage the earth with every type of plague just as often as they want. (REV 11:6)

Key: V=verb