{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G2309",
  "lemma": "θέλω",
  "transliteration": "thélō",
  "definition": "to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective…",
  "kjv": "desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be)…",
  "occurrences": 347,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G138",
      "lemma": "αἱρέομαι",
      "transliteration": "hairéomai",
      "meaning": "to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G138"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 1:19",
      "text": "Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/1?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 2:18",
      "text": "“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:40",
      "text": "If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=40"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 5:42",
      "text": "Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=42"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 7:12",
      "text": "Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the Torah and the Prophets.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 8:2",
      "text": "Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 8:3",
      "text": "Yeshua stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 9:13",
      "text": "But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 11:14",
      "text": "If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 12:7",
      "text": "But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=7"
    }
  ],
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