- ἑκών
- ἑκών, οῦσα, όν (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX, Philo; Jos., Vi. 347; 351; Just, D. 5, 5) pert. to being favorably disposed to do someth. without pressure, willing(ly), glad(ly) Dg 2:9; IRo 4:1. Opp. force 5:2; MPol 4:1; of one’s own free will (cp. Epict. 3, 5, 9; 4, 3, 9; Lucian, Herm. 77; SIG 1176, 4) ἑ. τοῦτο πράσσω 1 Cor 9:17 (w. ἄκων, extension of the usual pairing ἑκών … ἄκων, s. Reader, Polemo p. 337; cp. GRickert, ΕΚΩΝ and ΑΚΩΝ in Early Gk. Thought [American Classical Studies 20] ’89). ὑπετάγη οὐχ ἑκοῦσα it was subjected against its own will (v.l. οὐ θέλουσα) Ro 8:20 (cp. Philo, Ebr. 122).—DELG. M-M. TW.
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