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Strong's G2307 · Greek

θέλημα

thelema · thel'-ay-mah

from the prolonged form of 2309; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

θέλημα (G2307)

62 † θέλημα , -τος, τό ( θέλω ), [in LXX chiefly for חָפֶץ , also for רָצוֹן , etc.;] will , objectively = that which is willed: Mt 18:14 , Lk 12:47 , Jo 5:30 , I Co 7:37 , I Th 5:18 , II Ti 2:26 , He 10:10 , Re 4:11 ; θ. τ. θεοῦ , Ac 22:14 , Ro 2:18 12:2 , Eph 1:9 , Col 1:9 4:12 , I Pe 4:2 ; τ. κυρίου , Eph 5:17 ; pl., of precepts, Mk 3:35 , WH, mg., Ac 13:22 (LXX) ; ἐστιν τὸ θ. , c. gen. pers., seq. ἵνα , Jo 6:39 , 40 , I Co 16:12 ; c. inf., I Pe 2:15 ; c. acc. et inf., I Th 4:3 ; subjectively = τὸ θέλειν (cf. θέλησις ): Lk 23:25 , Jo 1:13 , I Pe 3:17 , II Pe 1:21 ; ποιεῖν , Mt 7:21 12:50 21:31 , Mk 3:35 (pl., WH, mg., v. supr.), Jo 4:34 6:38 7:17 9:31 , Eph 6:6 , He 10:7 , 9 , 36 13:21 , I Jo 2:17 ; γίνεσθαι , Mt 6:10 26:42 , Lk 22:42 , Ac 21:14 ; ἡ εὐδοκία ( βουλὴ ) τοῦ θ. , Eph 1:5 , 11 ; ἐν τῷ θ. τοῦ θεοῦ , Ro 1:10 ; διὰ θ. θεοῦ , Ro 15:32 , I Co 1:1 , II Co 1:1 8:5 , Eph 1:1 , Col 1:1 , II Ti 1:1 ; κατὰ τὸ θ. τ. θεοῦ , Ga 1:4 , I Pe 4:19 , I Jo 5:14 ; pl., Eph 2:3 (Cremer, 728).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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