Strong's Concordance theléma: will Original Word: θέλημα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: theléma Phonetic Spelling: (thel'-ay-mah) Short Definition: will, wish, desire Definition: an act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. HELPS Word-studies 2307 thélēma (from 2309 /thélō, "to desire, wish") – properly, a desire (wish), often referring to God's "preferred-will," i.e. His "best-offer" to people which can be accepted or rejected. [Note the -ma suffix, focusing on the result hoped for with the particular desire (wish). 2307 (thélēma) is nearly always used of God, referring to His preferred-will. Occasionally it is used of man (cf. Lk 23:25; Jn 1:13.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2307: θέλημαθέλημα, θελήματος, τό (θέλω), a word purely Biblical and ecclesiastical (yet found in Aristotle, de plant. 1, 1, p. 815b, 21); the Sept. for חֵפֶץ and רָצון; will, i. e., a. what one wishes or has determined shall be done (i. e. objectively, thing willed): Luke 12:47; John 5:30; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 2 Timothy 2:26; Hebrews 10:10; Revelation 4:11; θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ is used — of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ, Acts 22:14; Ephesians 1:9; Colossians 1:9; of what God wishes to be done by us, Romans 12:2; Colossians 4:12 (Winer's Grammar, 111 (105)); 1 Peter 4:2; and simply τό θέλημα, Romans 2:18 (Winer's Grammar, 594 (553)) (Sir. 43:16 (17) (but here the better text now adds αὐτοῦ, see Fritzsche; in patristic Greek, however, θέλημα is so used even without the article; cf. Ignatius ad Rom. 1, 1 [ET]; ad Eph. 20, 1 [ET], etc.)); τοῦ κυρίου, Ephesians 5:17; plural commands, precepts: (Mark 3:35 WH. marginal reading); Acts 13:22 (Psalm 102:7 b. equivalent to τό θέλειν (i. e. the abstract act of willing, the subjective) will, choice: 1 Peter 3:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 604 (562)); 2 Peter 1:21; ποιεῖν τό θέλημα τίνος (especially of God), Matthew 7:21; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 21:31; Mark 3:35 (here WH marginal reading the plural, see above); John 4:34; John 6:38; John 7:17; John 9:31; Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 10:7, 9, 36; Hebrews 13:21; 1 John 2:17; τό θέλημα (L T Tr WH βούλημα) τίνος κατεργάζεσθαι, 1 Peter 4:3; γίνεται τό θέλημα τίνος, Matthew 6:10; Matthew 26:42; Luke 11:2 L R; From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination -- desire, pleasure, will. see GREEK ethelo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 230763 Occurrences θέλημά — 41 Occ. θελήματά — 2 Occ. θελήματι — 6 Occ. θελήματος — 14 Occ. Matthew 6:10 N-NNS GRK: γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου ὡς NAS: come. Your will be done, KJV: come. Thy will be done in INT: let be done the will of you as Matthew 7:21 N-ANS Matthew 12:50 N-ANS Matthew 18:14 N-NNS Matthew 21:31 N-ANS Matthew 26:42 N-NNS Mark 3:35 N-ANS Luke 11:2 Noun-NNS Luke 12:47 N-ANS Luke 12:47 N-ANS Luke 22:42 N-NNS Luke 23:25 N-DNS John 1:13 N-GNS John 1:13 N-GNS John 4:34 N-ANS John 5:30 N-ANS John 5:30 N-ANS John 6:38 N-ANS John 6:38 N-ANS John 6:39 N-NNS John 6:40 N-NNS John 7:17 N-ANS John 9:31 N-ANS Acts 13:22 N-ANP Acts 21:14 N-NNS |
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