# G2309 θέλω

θέλω (thélō), Strong’s G2309: to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective… KJV: desire, be disposed…

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*thélō* — 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)…

Derived from [αἱρέομαι hairéomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G138) (to take for oneself, i.e. to prefer)

Occurs 347 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 1:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/1?v=19) — Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away…
- [Matthew 2:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=18) — “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be…
- [Matthew 5:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=40) — If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
- [Matthew 5:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=42) — Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
- [Matthew 7:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=12) — Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the Torah and the Prophets.
- [Matthew 8:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=2) — Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
- [Matthew 8:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=3) — Yeshua stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- [Matthew 9:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=13) — But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but…
- [Matthew 11:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=14) — If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
- [Matthew 12:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=7) — But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless.