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Lexicon :: Strong's G2307 - thelēma

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θέλημα
Transliteration
thelēma (Key)
Pronunciation
thel'-ay-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the prolonged form of θέλω (G2309)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:52,318

Strong’s Definitions

θέλημα thélēma, thel'-ay-mah; from the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:—desire, pleasure, will.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's G2307 in the following manner: will (62x), desire (1x), pleasure (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's G2307 in the following manner: will (62x), desire (1x), pleasure (1x).

  1. what one wishes or has determined shall be done

    1. of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ

    2. of what God wishes to be done by us

      1. commands, precepts

  2. will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θέλημα thélēma, thel'-ay-mah; from the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:—desire, pleasure, will.
STRONGS G2307:
θέλημα, 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 (Ps. 103:7); 2 Macc. 1:3); ἐστι τό θέλημα τίνος, followed by ἵνα, John 6:39; 1 Corinthians 16:12, cf. Matthew 18:14; followed by an infinitive, 1 Peter 2:15; by an accusative with an infinitive 1 Thessalonians 4:3. (Cf. Buttmann, 237 (204); 240 (207); Winers Grammar, § 44, 8.)
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; Luke 22:42; Acts 21:14; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος, Ephesians 1:11; ἡ εὐδοκία τοῦ θελήματος Ephesians 1:5; ἐν τῷ θελημάτω τοῦ Θεοῦ, if God will, Romans 1:10; διά θελήματος Θεοῦ, Romans 15:32; 1 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 8:5; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:1; κατά τό θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Galatians 1:4; (1 Peter 4:19); 1 John 5:14. equivalent to pleasure: Luke 23:25; equivalent to inclination, desire: σαρκός, ἀνδρός, John 1:13; plural Ephesians 2:3. (Synonym: see θέλω, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
102:7; 103:7
Matthew
6:10; 7:21; 12:50; 18:14; 21:31; 26:42
Mark
3:35; 3:35
Luke
11:2; 12:47; 22:42; 23:25
John
1:13; 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; 6:39; 7:17; 9:31
Acts
13:22; 21:14; 22:14
Romans
1; 1:1; 1:10; 2:18; 12:2; 15:32
1 Corinthians
1:1; 7:37; 16:12
2 Corinthians
1:1; 8:5
Galatians
1:4
Ephesians
1:1; 1:5; 1:9; 1:11; 2:3; 5:17; 6:6
Colossians
1:1; 1:9; 4:12
1 Thessalonians
4:3; 5:18
2 Timothy
1:1; 2:26
Hebrews
10:7; 10:9; 10:10; 10:36; 13:21
1 Peter
2:15; 3:17; 4:2; 4:3; 4:19
2 Peter
1:21
1 John
2:17; 5:14
Revelation
4:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2307 matches the Greek θέλημα (thelēma),
which occurs 62 times in 58 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:21 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:42 - Again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:13 - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:34 - Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 - I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:38 - For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 - And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:40 - For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:17 - If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:31 - We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:14 - And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:14 - And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:18 - and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1 - Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:12 - But as touching Apollos the brother, I besought him much to come unto you with the brethren: and it was not at all his will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:4 - who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:5 - having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:9 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3 - For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:18 - in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:26 - and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 -
Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me)
To do thy will, O God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:10 - By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36 - For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:21 - make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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