What does ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs) mean in the Bible?
ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs): Voluntary action done with conscious choice and inner willingness, not coercion or reluctance
Greek · G1596
ἑκουσίως
Voluntarily
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ἑκουσίως G1596
Pronunciation hekousíōs
What does ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs) mean in the Bible?
ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs): Voluntary action done with conscious choice and inner willingness, not coercion or reluctance
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1596?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include deliberately (1), willingly (1).
Where does ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 10:26. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It deliberately 1× Hebrews 10:26
willingly 1× 1 Peter 5:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 10:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἑκουσίως 1x hekousiōs 1 Peter 5:2
Ἑκουσίως 1x Hekousiōs Hebrews 10:26
Parsing patterns
Adverb 2x Hebrews 10:26, 1 Peter 5:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Voluntary action done with conscious choice and inner willingness, not coercion or reluctance
Strong's G1596
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 10:26-31 Source Gloss
voluntarily
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 10:26 Adverb
Ἑκουσίως ekousiwv
willingly
Read verse 1 Peter 5:2 Adverb
ἑκουσίως· ekousiwv
willingly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Heb 10:26 · 1 Pet 5:2 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
willfully, deliberately
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἑκουσίως is built from this root:
ἑκούσιον G1595
Why This Word Matters
Indicates settled rejection rather than momentary weakness. Hebrews 10:26-31
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain