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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)
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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 Box Mat 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:21 - Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does 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 whoever does 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 said to him, "The first." Yeshua said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering 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 cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Yeshua 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 - Yeshua said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who 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 don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 - This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:40 - This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in 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 anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:31 - We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Yishai, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:14 - When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:14 - He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you 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 - requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:18 - and know his will, and approve 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 - Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you 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 to 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 - Sha'ul, called to be an apostle of Yeshua the Messiah through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:12 - Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I begged him much to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:1 - Sha'ul, an apostle of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the holy ones who are in the whole of Achaia:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - This was 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 age, according to the will of our God and Father --

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:1 - Sha'ul, an apostle of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, to the holy ones who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Messiah Yeshua:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:5 - having predestined us for adoption as sons through Yeshua the Messiah to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - making known to 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 assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works 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 lust 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 - Therefore don't be 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 service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Messiah, doing the will of God from the heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:1 - Sha'ul, an apostle of Messiah Yeshua 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 this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you 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 Messiah, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete 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: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

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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 Messiah Yeshua toward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1 - Sha'ul, an apostle of Yeshua the Messiah through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Messiah Yeshua,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 - Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (In the scroll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, God.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes 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 Yeshua the Messiah once for all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36 - For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:21 - make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Yeshua the Messiah, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amein.

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