adverb
hekousiōs
Greekἑκουσίως (hekousiōs)
Strong’sG1596
willingly
stem hekousiō-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ἑκουσίως
adv.,[in LXX: Ps 54:6 (נְדָבָה) II Mac 14:3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1596 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhek-oo-see'-ose
voluntarily
Fromadverb from the same as G1595;
King Jameswilfully, willingly.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
Hekousiōs1×
Hebrews 10:26“deliberately”Hekousiōs gar hamartarōtoiu nu meta tem lambara tan epignōsian tau alētheiau, ouketi peri hamartaiu apoleipitō thusias,If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
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1 Peter 5:2“willingly”poimainavar tem en vi poimniem tou theou, episkoparōtois mē anankastōs alla hekousiōs kata theon, mēde aischrokerdōs alla prothumōs,Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;