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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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Numbers 14:40
¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:40 · retained source text

¶ And they rose vp early in the morning, and gate them vp into the top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we be here, and will goe vp vnto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we haue sinned.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.41.

Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:43 · retained source text

For the Amalekites, and the Canaanites are there before you, and yee shall fall by the sword, because yee are turned away from the LORD; therefore the LORD will not bee with you.

Numbers 15:3
And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 15:3 · retained source text

And will make an offering by fire vnto the LORD, a burnt offering or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a free will offering, or in your solemne feasts, to make a sweet sauour vnto the LORD, of the herd or of the flocke:

1611 marginal noteHeb. separating.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 22.21.

1611 marginal noteExod. 29.18.

Numbers 15:14
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 15:14 · retained source text

And if a stranger soiourne with you, or whosoeuer bee among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the LORD: as ye doe, so hee shall doe.

Numbers 16:5
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:5 · retained source text

And hee spake vnto Korah, and vnto all his company, saying, Euen to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come neere vnto him: euen him whom he hath chosen, will he cause to come neere vnto him.

Numbers 16:12
¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:12 · retained source text

¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: which said, We will not come vp.

Numbers 16:14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 16:14 · retained source text

Moreouer, thou hast not brought vs into a land that floweth with milke and hony, or giuen vs inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. boare out.

Numbers 17:4
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 17:4 · retained source text

And thou shalt lay them vp in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

1611 marginal noteExod. 25.22.

Numbers 17:5
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 17:5 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, that the mans rod whom I shall choose, shall blossome: and I will make to cease from mee the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmure against you.

Numbers 20:17
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
4 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 20:17 · retained source text

Let vs passe, I pray thee, thorow thy countrey: we will not passe thorow the fields, or thorow the Uineyards, neither will we drinke of the water of the wells: wee will goe by the Kings high-way, we wil not turne to the right hand nor to the left, vntill wee haue passed thy borders.

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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)