ἑκών hekōn · G1635
voluntarily
ἑκών, -οῦσα, -όν ; [in LXX: Exo.21:13, Job.36:19 * ; ] ; willing, of one's own free will: Rom.8:20, 1Co.9:17 (Cremer, 246).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν: ; (ϝέκ- []; cf. Sanskrit váśmi 'wish'):—readily, []; ἑ. παρ᾽ ἑκόντος λαμβάνειν, i.e. by mutual consent, []; 2 wittingly, purposely, ἑκὼν δ᾽ ἡμάρτανε φωτός []; 3 in Attic dialect Prose [] as far as depends on one's will, as far as concerns one, with a negative, []; also in oblique cases, ὑπὸ σοῦ ἑκόντος εἶναι []; or in a sentence implying a negative, θαυμάζοιμεν ἂν εἰ.. τις ἑκὼν εἶναι (perhaps delendum).. ἀφικνεῖτα; []; II rarely of things, κακὰ ἑ. κοὐκ ἄκοντα []; III for …
Where it's used 2 times
Romans 8:20 · 1 Corinthians 9:17
Source: TBESG G1635; TFLSJ G1635
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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