to plan
Boulomai expresses a person's settled intention, desired action, or willingness regarding what is to be done.
The term most often marks an agent's intention or purpose concerning a projected action or outcome; in other clauses it expresses desire, preference, or willingness. The same broad volitional use appears in plans to act, requests for action, and choices about whether something should occur.
Senses in use
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Intending or purposing a course of action · dominant
In Acts 12:4, the present middle participle describes the intended action of bringing a prisoner before the people after the Passover lamb. Acts 19:30 similarly places the participle with Paul's intended entry among the people, while Acts 22:30 and Acts 23:28 connect it with seeking to know an accusation or charge. In 2 Corinthians 1:15 the imperfect form is used of a prior plan to come.
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Desiring, preferring, or being willing · common
In 1 Timothy 2:8 and 1 Timothy 5:14, the first-person present forms introduce desired conduct: prayer in every place and the household life of younger widows. In John 18:39 the second-person plural form frames the crowd's willingness concerning a release, and in Luke 22:42 the singular form occurs in the conditional request, "if you are willing." Matthew 11:27 places the present subjunctive with the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal the Father.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB variously uses "planning," "intending," "wanted," "desire," "wish," "willing," and "chooses." These renderings reflect the surrounding clauses, but the translation does not align individual English words directly with the Greek term.