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Wish

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: εὔχομαι

(Strong's #2172 — Verb — euchomai — yoo'-khom-ahee )

is rendered "to wish" in Acts 27:29 (RV marg., "prayed"); so Romans 9:3; in 2 Corinthians 13:9; 3 John 1:2 , RV, "pray:" see PRAY.

2: βούλομαι

(Strong's #1014 — Verb — boulomai — boo'-lom-ahee )

in Mark 15:15 , RV, is translated "wishing" (AV, "willing"); so 2 Peter 3:9; in Acts 25:22 , RV, could wish" (AV, "would"). See WILL , C, No. 2.

3: θέλω

(Strong's #2309 — Verb — thelo — )

in 1 Corinthians 16:7 , RV, is translated "wish" (AV, "will"); Galatians 4:20 , "I could wish" (AV, "I desire"). See WILL , C, No. 1.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wish'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/wish.html. 1940.