Quick Definition
willing, voluntary, spontaneous
Strong's Definition
voluntariness
Derivation: neuter of a derivative from G1635 (ἑκών);
KJV Usage: willingly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑκούσιος, ἑκούσιον (ἑκών), voluntary: κατά ἑκούσιον, of free will, Phm_1:14. (Num_15:3; καθ' ἑκουσιαν, Thucydides 8, 27 ("The word understood in the one case appears to be τρόπον (Porphyry, de abst. 1, 9 καθ' ἑκούσιον τρόπον, comp. Euripides, Med. 751 ἑκουσίῳ τρόπῳ); in the other, γνώμην so ἑκούσια (doubtful, see Liddell and Scott), ἐξ ἑκουσιας, etc.;" cf. Lobeck, Phryn., p. 4; Lightfoot on Philemon, the passage cited; cf. Winer's Grammar, 463 (432)).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἑκούσιος hekousios 1x
voluntary, spontaneous, Phm_1:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκούσιος , -ον
( < έκών ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5071 , as Num_15:3 (κατ᾿ ἑ );]
usually of actions, voluntary: κατὰ ἑ ., of free will ( Lft ., in l ), Phm_1:14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἑκούσιος (~ ἑκούσιον ) [page 196]
ἑκούσιος is found in what appears to be a legal formula in P Oxy X. 1280 .4 (iv/A.D.) ὁμολογῶ ἑκουσίᾳ καὶ αὐθαιρέτῳ γνώμῃ συντεθῖσθαί με πρὸς σέ , I acknowledge that I have of my own free will covenanted with you (Edd.) : cf. ib. XII. 1426 .14 (A.D. 332), and P Lips I. 26 .5 cited s.v. ἀμετανόητος . See also P Ryl II. 174 .23 (A.D. 112) ἑκ [ο ]ύσιον κατ [ο ]χήν , voluntary notification of a personal claim with reference to the repayment of a loan, and P Oxy III. 473 .3 (A.D. 138 160) the decree in honour of a gymnasiarch, who had devoted himself εἰς ἑκούσιον γυμν [ασ ]ιαρχίαν .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκούσιος, -ον
(έκών), [in LXX chiefly for נְדָבָה, as Num.15:3 (κατ᾽ ἑ) ;]
usually of actions, voluntary: κατὰ ἑ., of free will (Lft., in l), Phm 14.†
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