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Strong's #2307 - θέλημα
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- what one wishes or has determined shall be done
- of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ
- of what God wishes to be done by us
- commands, precepts
- will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure
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θέλ-ημα,
ατος, τό, (θέλω)
I will, Antipho Soph. 58 (pl.), Aen.Tact. 18.19, LXX Ezra 1:8, al., Matthew 7:21, POxy. 924.8 (iv A.D.).
II ἔστιν μοι θ. ἔν τινι pleasure in.., LXX Ecclesiastes 12:1; cf. Ecclesiastes 5:3 : — also θελ-ήμη, ἡ, Theognost. Can. 112.
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
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;
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† θέλημα , -τος , τό
(< θέλω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2655, also for H7522, etc.;]
will,
(a) objectively = that which is willed: Matthew 18:14, Luke 12:47, John 5:30, 1 Corinthians 7:37, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 2 Timothy 2:26, Hebrews 10:10, Revelation 4:11; θ . τ . θεοῦ , Acts 22:14, Romans 2:18; Romans 12:2, Ephesians 1:9, Colossians 1:9; Colossians 4:12, 1 Peter 4:2; τ . κυρίου , Ephesians 5:17; pl., of precepts, Mark 3:35, WH, mg., Acts 13:22 (LXX); ἐστιν τὸ θ ., c. gen. pers., seq. ἵνα , John 6:39-40, 1 Corinthians 16:12; c. inf., 1 Peter 2:15; c. acc et inf., 1 Thessalonians 4:3;
(b) subjectively = τὸ θέλειν (cf. θέλησις ): Luke 23:25, John 1:13, 1 Peter 3:17, 2 Peter 1:21; ποιεῖν , Matthew 7:21; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 21:31, Mark 3:35 (pl., WH, mg., v. supr.), John 4:34; John 6:38; John 7:17; John 9:31, Ephesians 6:6, Hebrews 10:7; Hebrews 10:9; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 13:21, 1 John 2:17; γίνεσθαι , Matthew 6:10; Matthew 26:42, Luke 22:42, Acts 21:14; ἡ εὐδοκία ( βουλὴ ) τοῦ θ ., Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 1:11; ἐν τῷ θ . τοῦ θεοῦ , Romans 1:10; διὰ θ . 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; κατὰ τὸ θ . τ . θεοῦ , Galatians 1:4, 1 Peter 4:19, 1 John 5:14; pl., Ephesians 2:3 (Cremer, 728).†
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This word, which is almost unknown outside Bibl. and eccles. writings, occurs in P Oxy VI. 924, a Christian charm of Gnostic character, belonging to iv/A.D. After a prayer to the Deity to protect the petitioner from ague etc., the charm continues—.8 ταῦτα εὐ ̣[μενῶ ]ς ̣ [π ]ρ ̣α ̣[ξ ]εις ὅλως κατὰ τὸ θέλημά σου πρῶτον καὶ τὴν πίστιν αὐτῆς, ";all this thou wilt graciously do in accordance with thy will first and with her faith"; (Edd.). Cf. also P Lond 418.9 (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 303) τὸ θε ̣λ ̣ημα τ ̣η ̣̑ς ψυχῆς σου. The Pauline usage of the word is discussed by Slaten Qualitative Nouns, p. 52 ff.
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