Words the Bible translates as be willing
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- thelōθέλωto will: to want, wish, or be disposed toward something, ranging from casual desire to deliberate purpose
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
+1 more meaning
- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
- avahאָבָהto be willing: to consent and go along with what someone else asks or wants
- ya'alיָאַלto set the will on a course of action: to be willing, to consent, or to take something upon oneself
- nadavנָדַבto give or offer freely out of a willing heart; to volunteer
- nedavנְדַבbe willingnot studied yet
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