adjective
hekousiem
Greekἑκούσιος (hekousios)
Strong’sG1595
willing, voluntary, spontaneous
stem hekousi-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐκούσιος, -ον
(< έκών), [in LXX chiefly for נְדָבָה, as Nu 15:3 (κατ’ ἑ.);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1595 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhek-oo'-see-on
voluntariness
Fromneuter of a derivative from G1635;
King Jameswillingly.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hekousios | hekousias | hekousiem1×ἑκούσιον | hekousiois | hekousiais | hekousieim |
| object accusative | hekousion | hekousian | hekousioin | hekousiain | ||
| direct address vocative | hekousior | hekousiar | hekousioir | hekousiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hekousiou | hekousiau | hekousieu | hekousioiu | hekousiaiu | hekousieiu |
| to, for dative | hekousio | hekousia | hekousie | hekousioi | hekousiai | hekousiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hekousi is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hekousiem“free will”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Philemon 1:14“free will”chōris de tau sau gnōmau oudenem thelama poiara, hina mē hōs kata anankan tem agathem su ateiō alla kata hekousiem;But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.