Forms of the word

Dictionary
θέλημα, -ματος, τό
Greek transliteration
thelēma
Simplified transliteration
thelema

Numbers

Strong's number
2307
GK Number
2525

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
62
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(4)
Gloss
will, decision, desire
Definition
will, bent, inclination, 1 Cor. 16:12; Eph. 2:3; 1 Pet. 4:3; resolve, 1 Cor. 7:37; will, purpose, design, 2 Tim. 2:26; 2 Pet. 1:21; will, sovereign pleasure, behest, Mt. 18:14; Lk. 12:47; Acts 13:22, et al. freq.; ἐν τῶ θελήματι θεοῦ, Deo permittente, if God please or permit, Rom. 1:10

Greek-English Concordance for θέλημα

1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians 7:37 However, the man who stands firm in his resolve is under no compulsion but has control over his desire (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut), and has determined this in his heart to keep her as his virgin, he will do well.
1 Corinthians 16:12 Now concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his intention (thelēma | θέλημα | nom sg neut) to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity.
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 Corinthians 8:5 And they did this, not simply as we had hoped, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and then to us, by the will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) of God.
Galatians 1:4 who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut) of our God and Father,
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:5 he predestined us for adoption as his own sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut),
Ephesians 1:9 He has made known to us the mystery of his will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut), according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
Ephesians 1:11 In Christ we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut),
Ephesians 2:3 Among them we also once lived in the passions of our flesh, gratifying the desires (thelēmata | θελήματα | acc pl neut) and impulses of the flesh, and were by nature children of wrath, just like everyone else.
Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will (thelēma | θέλημα | nom sg neut) of the Lord is.
Ephesians 6:6 not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut) of God from the heart,
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:9 For this reason, we from the day we heard about you, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) his in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, spiritual
Colossians 4:12 sends greetings; you Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings, always laboring on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm in everything that God wills (thelēmati | θελήματι | dat sg neut), mature and fully assured. in everything wills (thelēmati | θελήματι | dat sg neut), God
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will (thelēma | θέλημα | nom sg neut) of God — your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality,
1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will (thelēma | θέλημα | nom sg neut) for you in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will (thelēmatos | θελήματος | gen sg neut) of God according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 Timothy 2:26 and they might return to soberness out of the snare of the devil (having been captured alive by him) in order to do his will (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut).
Hebrews 10:7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come — in the scroll of a book it is written about me — to do your will (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut), O God.’”
Hebrews 10:9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut) He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
Hebrews 10:10 By that will (thelēmati | θελήματι | dat sg neut) we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:36 You have need of endurance, then, so that after you have done the will (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut) of God, you may receive what was promised.
Hebrews 13:21 make you complete with everything good to do his will (thelēma | θέλημα | acc sg neut), accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever forever and ever. Amen.

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