a: to desire to have or experience something, with the implication of some reasoned planning or will to accomplish the goal—‘to desire, to want, to will.’ ἐβουλόμην καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀκοῦσαι ‘I would like to hear this man myself’ Ac 25:22; γινώσκειν δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι ‘I want you to know’ Php 1:12.