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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 64 times in 60 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 6:10–Heb 10:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - 'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:21 - 'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, 'The first.' Jesus saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:42 - Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, 'My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, Thy will be done;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:2 - And he said to them, 'When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - 'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me --; but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:34 - Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:30 - 'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:38 - because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 - 'And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:40 - and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:17 - if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:31 - and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:14 - and he not being persuaded, we were silent, 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 did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, 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 dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:12 - and concerning Apollos our brother, much I did entreat him that he may come unto you with the brethren, and it was not at all his will that he may come now, and he will come when he may find convenient.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly 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 not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first 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 did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:5 - having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what is the will of the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:9 - Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full 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 ye abstain from the whoredom,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:18 - in every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:26 - and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 - then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then he said, 'Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:10 - in the which will we are having been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:36

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

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