tseva (to will) · Rightly

Meaning

To desire, be inclined, be willing, be pleased(P'al)

How it's translated

he will be pleased 4
pleased 4
and as pleases he 1
i desired 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Daniel 7

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Daniel 4:25In contextThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32In contextAnd they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:35In contextAnd all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Daniel 5:19In contextAnd for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
Daniel 5:21In contextAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Daniel 7:19In contextThen I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

Aramaic dictionary

צְבָא tseva · to will

1) to desire, be inclined, be willing, be pleased 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to desire 1a2) to be pleased 1a3) to will (without hindrance) (of God)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “will” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WILL, noun

[See the Verb.]

That faculty of the mind by which we determine either to do or forbear an action; the faculty which is exercised in deciding, among two or more objects, which we shall embrace or pursue.
Choice; determination.
Choice; discretion; pleasure.
Command; direction.

All definitions and other forms of “will”

Disposition; inclination; desire.
Power; arbitrary disposal.“Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies” Psalms 27:12
Divine determination; moral purpose or counsel.
Testament; the disposition of a mans estate, to take effect after his death.
Favor; kindness.
Right intention. Philippians 1:6

WILL, verb transitive

[G., Latin, Gr. The sense is to set, or to set forward, to stretch forward. The sense is well expressed by the Latin ]

To determine; to decide int he mind that something shall be done or forborne; implying power to carry the purpose into effect.
To command; to direct.
To be inclined or resolved to have.
To wish; to desire.
To dispose of estate and effects by testament.
It is sometimes equivalent to may be.
will is used as an auxiliary verb, and a sign of the future tense.
I will go, is a present promise to go; and with an emphasis on will it expresses determination.
Thou wilt go, you will go, express foretelling; simply stating an event that is to come.
He will go, is also a foretelling.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.