Desire, Want, Wish
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Who or what does itSubject
232 occurrences in 35 groups
- Not stated: I 45
- Not stated (participle) 34
- Not stated: you (more than one) 27
- Not stated: you (one person) 23
- Not stated: he, she or it 18
- Not stated: they 14
- Other words · 22 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
193 occurrences in 111 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 17
- εἰμίto be 15
- ποιέωto do, to make 11
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 8
- εἴδωto know 8
- γινώσκωto know 6
- Other words · 91 groups that occur once or twice (102) 102
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 1
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- προσκυνέωto worship, to bow down 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
14 occurrences in 17 groups
- Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
With adverbsAdverbs
44 occurrences in 10 groups
- οὐnot 30
- μήnot 6
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
27 occurrences in 15 groups
- θεόςGod 8
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 5
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐμόςmy 1
- ἀγαθόςgood 1
- εὐάρεστοςpleasing to 1
- ἴδιοςone’s own 1
- τέλειοςperfect, mature 1
Named alongside itApposition
10 occurrences in 10 groups
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What it doesIt is the subject
12 occurrences in 9 groups
- ἀπόλλυμιto destroy, to perish, to lose 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What is done to itIt is the object
61 occurrences in 22 groups
- λέγωto say 16
- ποιέωto do, to make 14
- ἔπωto say 13
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21
It is given or told toIndirect object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- γαμέωto marry 1
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
Second object ofSecond object
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- αἰτέωto ask for, to demand, to plead for 1
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
- εὑρίσκωto find, to discover 1
- λέγωto say 1
What it is said to bePredicate
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- διάκονοςservant, deacon 2
- δοῦλοςslave, bondservant 2
- ἀγαθοποιέωto do good 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
- σωτηρίαsalvation 1
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
- τὶςsomeone 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down 4
- ἐπίon 3
- πρόςto, toward, with 3
- διάthrough 2
- εἰςto 2
- περίconcerning, about, for 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- προθυμίαeagerness 1
- ἀφορμήfavorable circumstances 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.