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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.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 6:10–Heb 13:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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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 - only the one who does the will of my Father 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 in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:42 - He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:13 - - children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:34 - Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 - I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one 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 the one who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 - Now this is the will of the one who sent me - that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all 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 - for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to 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 wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

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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 devout and does his will, God listens to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:14 - Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, "The Lord's will be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:14 - Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:18 - and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God - what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:12 - With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:1 - From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by 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 to rescue us from 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 - From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:5 - He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will -

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and 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 - For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord's will is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not like those who do their work only when someone is watching - as people-pleasers - but as slaves 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 - From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by 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 reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you 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 and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature 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 God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away 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 God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1 - From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:26 - and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 - "Then I said, 'Here I am: I have come - it is written of me in the scroll of the book - to do your will, O God.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then he says, "Here I am: I have come to do your will." He does away with the first to establish the second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:10 - By his will we have been made holy 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 you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:21 - equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

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