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Strong's #1635 - ἑκών
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- unforced, voluntary, willing
- of one's own will
- of one's own accord
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ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν: (ϝέκ- IG 9(1).334.12 (Locr.), GDI 5131b (Crete), cf. γεκαθά; cf. Skt. váśmi 'wish'): —
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1. readily, Od. 4.649, etc.; freq. contrasted with ἄκων, ἑ. ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ Il. 4.43; οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑ. ἀέκοντα δίηται 7.197; ἑκόνθ' ἑκόντι Ζηνὶ συμπαραστατεῖν A. Pr. 220; πάρειμι δ' ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν S. Ant. 276; ἑκόντα μήτ' ἄκοντα Id. Ph. 771; βίᾳ τε κοὐχ ἑκών Id. OC 935; ἑ. παρ' ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν, i.e. by mutual consent, D. 21.44; τὴν φύσιν ἑκοῦσαν καὶ οὐ παθοῦσαν τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν Gal. 19.171.
2. wittingly, purposely, ἑκὼν δ' ἡμάρτανε φωτός Il. 10.372, etc.; σφόδρ' ἑκὼν.. ἀγνοεῖν προσποιούμενος D. 29.13.
3. in Att. Prose (cf. Phryn. 241), ἑ. εἶναι as far as depends on one's will, as far as concerns one, with a neg., Hdt. 7.104, 8.116, Pl. Ap. 37a, al.; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι Id. Grg. 499c; or in a sentence implying a neg., θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ.. τις ἑκὼν εἶναι (fort. delendum).. ἀφικνεῖται; Id. Lg. 646b: once affirm., ἑκὼν εἶναι.. οἴχετο Hdt. 7.164.
II rarely of things, κακὰ ἑ. κοὐκ ἄκοντα S. OT 1230.
III for Adv. see ἑκοντήν, ἑκοντί: regul. Adv. ἑκόντως is dub. in Aristid. 2.187, 226J.
ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκον, unforced, voluntary, willing, of one's own will, of one's own accord: Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 9:17. (From Homer down.)
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ἑκών , -οῦσα , -όν ,
[in LXX: Exodus 21:13, Job 36:19*;]
willing, of one's own free will: Romans 8:20, 1 Corinthians 9:17 (Cremer, 246).†
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In a deed of gift BGU III. 993.10 (B.C. 127) the signatories are introduced by ἑκόντες συνεγράψαντο. From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 810.4 εἰ δέ τι ἑκὼν ἐξαμαρτ [ήσει ], οὐκ ἐμὸν ἐπαράσ [ασθαι,] δικὴ δὲ ἐπικρέματα [ι ] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόν [τι ] ἀπειθὴς Νεμέσε [ως : cf. Romans 12:19. In OGIS 139.10 (ii/B.C.) the priests of Isis complain that they are obliged παρουσίας αὐτοῖς ποιεῖσθαι οὐχ ἑκόντας, evidently with reference to the preparations which the παρουσίαι or ";visits"; of high officials entailed.
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