Strong's Concordance theléma: will Original Word: θέλημα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: theléma Phonetic Spelling: (thel'-ay-mah) Definition: will Usage: 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.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom theló Definition will NASB Translation desire (1), desires (1), will (57). 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; Strong's Exhaustive Concordance desire, pleasure, will. 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 Forms and Transliterations θελημα θέλημα θέλημά θελήμασιν θεληματα θελήματα θελήματά θεληματι θελήματι θελήματί θεληματος θελήματος thelema thelēma thélema thélemá thélēma thélēmá thelemata thelēmata thelḗmata thelḗmatá thelemati thelēmati thelḗmati thelematos thelēmatos thelḗmatosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 6:10 N-NNSGRK: 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 Strong's Greek 2307 |
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