Lexical Summary
hekón: Willing, Voluntary
Original Word: ἑκών
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hekón
Pronunciation: heh-KON
Phonetic Spelling: (hek-own')
KJV: willingly
NASB: voluntarily, willingly
Word Origin: [of uncertain affinity]
1. willing, voluntary
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
willingly.
Of uncertain affinity; voluntary -- willingly.
HELPS Word-studies
1635 hekṓn (an adjective, a primitive term) – properly, willing; "unforced, of one's own will, voluntary" (J. Thayer), i.e. acting on one's own accord. The root (hek-) emphasizes intentional, deliberate action (choice), i.e. "of free-will" (J. Thayer).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom a prim. word
Definitionof one's own free will, voluntary
NASB Translationvoluntarily (1), willingly (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1635: ἑκώνἑκών,
ἑκοῦσα,
ἑκον,
unforced, voluntary, willing, of one's own will, of one's own accord:
Romans 8:20;
1 Corinthians 9:17. (From
Homer down.)