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will

Meaning of “will”

Sense 1: To desire, choose, or determine. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, to express intention, promise, determination, expectation, or what is to occur. Sense 3: The power or act of choosing or determining; a desire, choice, intention, purpose, direction, pleasure, or power of disposal. Sense 4: In good will, favour, kindness, or benevolent purpose.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
3,837 occurrences2,856 verses65 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:18

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Showing verses 11–20 of 57 · 80 word occurrences in this result

Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 12:8 · retained source text

With him will I speake mouth to mouth euen apparantly, and not in darke speeches, and the similitude of the LORD shall hee behold: wherefore then were yee not afraid to speake against my seruant Moses?

1611 marginal noteExod. 33.11.

Numbers 14:8
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:8 · retained source text

If the LORD delight in vs, then he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, a land which floweth with milke and hony.

Numbers 14:11
¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:11 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD said vnto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it bee, yer they beleeue me, for all the signes which I haue shewed among them?

Numbers 14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:12 · retained source text

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherite them, and will make of thee a greater nation, and mightier then they.

Numbers 14:14
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:14 · retained source text

And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they haue heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seene face to face, and that thy cloud standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.21.

Numbers 14:15
¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:15 · retained source text

¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people, as one man, then the nations which haue heard the fame of thee, will speake, saying,

Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:24 · retained source text

But my seruant Caleb, because hee had another spirit with him, (and hath followed mee fully) him will I bring into the land, whereinto he went, and his seed shall possesse it.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 14.6.

Numbers 14:28
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:28 · retained source text

Say vnto them, As truly as I liue, saith the LORD, as ye haue spoken in mine eares, so will I doe to you:

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.65. and 32.10.

Numbers 14:31
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:31 · retained source text

But your little ones, which yee said should be a pray, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye haue despised.

Numbers 14:35
I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:35 · retained source text

I the LORD haue said, I will surely doe it vnto all this euill Congregation, that are gathered together against mee: in this wildernesse they shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.

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Where “will” appears

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Genesis195 occurrences
151 verses
Exodus159 occurrences
119 verses
Leviticus71 occurrences
48 verses
Numbers80 occurrences
57 verses
Deuteronomy111 occurrences
82 verses
Joshua42 occurrences
32 verses
Judges59 occurrences
48 verses
Ruth15 occurrences
10 verses
1 Samuel115 occurrences
96 verses
2 Samuel81 occurrences
60 verses
1 Kings90 occurrences
67 verses
2 Kings58 occurrences
47 verses
1 Chronicles30 occurrences
21 verses
2 Chronicles40 occurrences
28 verses
Ezra5 occurrences
5 verses
Nehemiah20 occurrences
12 verses
Esther5 occurrences
4 verses
Job99 occurrences
77 verses
Psalms356 occurrences
266 verses
Proverbs53 occurrences
43 verses
Ecclesiastes9 occurrences
9 verses
Song of Solomon13 occurrences
8 verses
Isaiah310 occurrences
215 verses
Jeremiah432 occurrences
314 verses
Lamentations7 occurrences
5 verses
Ezekiel400 occurrences
261 verses
Daniel25 occurrences
25 verses
Hosea93 occurrences
60 verses
Joel25 occurrences
18 verses
Amos70 occurrences
55 verses
Obadiah1 occurrence
1 verse
Jonah5 occurrences
4 verses
Micah48 occurrences
29 verses
Nahum16 occurrences
11 verses
Habakkuk12 occurrences
6 verses
Zephaniah31 occurrences
18 verses
Haggai13 occurrences
8 verses
Zechariah65 occurrences
48 verses
Malachi23 occurrences
17 verses
Matthew90 occurrences
82 verses
Mark38 occurrences
34 verses
Luke84 occurrences
70 verses
John77 occurrences
62 verses
Acts38 occurrences
34 verses
Romans27 occurrences
21 verses
1 Corinthians38 occurrences
27 verses
2 Corinthians23 occurrences
21 verses
Galatians2 occurrences
2 verses
Ephesians7 occurrences
7 verses
Philippians6 occurrences
6 verses
Colossians4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses
2 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses
1 Timothy5 occurrences
5 verses
2 Timothy10 occurrences
9 verses
Titus1 occurrence
1 verse
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews34 occurrences
26 verses
James7 occurrences
7 verses
1 Peter7 occurrences
7 verses
2 Peter4 occurrences
4 verses
1 John2 occurrences
2 verses
3 John2 occurrences
2 verses
Jude1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation41 occurrences
30 verses

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Choice; determination. ... Choice; discretion; pleasure. ... Command; direction. ... Disposition; inclination; desire. ... Power; arbitrary disposal. ... Good will, favor; kindness. ... Right intention.

volume 2, leaf 931, columns 2-3 (noun entry, bounded clauses)

To determine; to decide in the mind that something shall be done or forborne. ... To command; to direct. ... To be inclined or resolved to have. ... To wish; to desire. ... It is sometimes equivalent to may be. ... Will is used as an auxiliary verb, and a sign of the future tense.

volume 2, leaf 931, column 3 (verb entry, bounded clauses)