Word Summary
hekousiōs: voluntarily
Original Word: ἑκουσίωςTransliteration: hekousiōs
Phonetic Spelling: (hek-oo-see'-ose)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: voluntarily
Meaning: voluntarily
Strong's Concordance
willfully, willingly.
Adverb from the same as hekousion; voluntarily -- wilfully, willingly.
see GREEK hekousion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1596: ἑκουσίωςἑκουσίως, adverb (from
Euripides down),
voluntarily, willingly, of one's own accord:
Hebrews 10:26 (
ἑκουσίως ἁμαρτάνειν (
A. V. to sin willfully) is tacitly opposed to sins committed inconsiderately, and from ignorance or from weakness);
1 Peter 5:2.