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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2308 - θέλησις

Transliteration

thélēsis

Phonetics

thel'-ay-sis

Origin

from (G2309)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

3:62,318

Definition

Thayer's

a willing will

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 782 ‑ אֲרֶשֶׁת (ar‑eh'‑sheth); 2656 ‑ חֵפֶץ (khay'‑fets); 6643 ‑ צְבִי (tseb‑ee'); 7522 ‑ רָצֹן (raw‑tsone', raw‑tsone');

Frequency Lists

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KJV (1)

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Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θέλ-ησις, εως, ἡ,

I a willing, will, Stoic. 3.41, LXX To. 12.18,al., Phld. Rh. 2.297 S., Hebr, 2.4; condemned by Poll. 5.165: in Dor. pl. θελήσιες, wishes, Meliss.

II goodwill, favour, LXX Proverbs 8:35.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θέλησις , -εως , ἡ

(θέλω ),

[in LXX: 2 Chronicles 15:15, Proverbs 8:35 (H7522), Ezekiel 18:23 (H2656), LXX Daniel 11:45 (H6643), Tobit 12:18, Wisdom of Solomon 16:25, 2 Maccabees 12:16, 3 Maccabees 2:26*;]

in colloq. and MGr. = τὸ θέλειν ,

will: Hebrews 2:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

θελήσει θελησιν θέλησιν θέλησις θελητάς θελητή θελητής θελητόν thelesin thelēsin thélesin thélēsin

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