Strong's #2307: thelema (pronounced thel'-ay-mah)
from the prolonged form of 2309; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:-- desire, pleasure, will.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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thelēma
1) what one wishes or has determined shall be done
1a) of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ
1b) of what God wishes to be done by us
1b1) commands, precepts
2) will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Relation: from the prolonged form of G2309
Citing in TDNT: 3:52, 318
Usage:
This word is used 64 times:
Matthew 6:10: "kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as"
Matthew 7:21: "but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in"
Matthew 12:50: "whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in"
Matthew 18:14: "Even so it is not the will of your Father which"
Matthew 21:31: "twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The"
Matthew 26:42: "I drink it, thy will be done."
Mark 3:35: "whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is"
Luke 11:2: "kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven,"
Luke 12:47: "which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither"
Luke 12:47: "did according to his will, shall be beaten with many"
Luke 22:42: "nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."
Luke 23:25: "he delivered Jesus to their will."
John 1:13: "blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will"
John 1:13: "of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
John 4:34: "to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish"
John 5:30: "I seek not mine own will, but the will of the"
John 5:30: "will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me."
John 6:38: "to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent"
John 6:38: "will, but the will of him that sent me."
John 6:39: "is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all"
John 6:40: "this is the will of him that sent me, that every one"
John 7:17: "will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,"
John 9:31: "and doeth his will, him he heareth."
Acts 13:22: "which shall fulfil all my will."
Acts 21:14: "we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done."
Acts 22:14: "thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and"
Romans 1:10: "I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you."
Romans 2:18: "And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of"
Romans 12:2: "acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Romans 15:32: "with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed."
1 Corinthians 1:1: "of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,"
1 Corinthians 7:37: "power over his own will, and hath so decreed in"
1 Corinthians 16:12: "the brethren: but his will was not at all to"
2 Corinthians 1:1: "of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,"
2 Corinthians 8:5: "and unto us by the will of God."
Galatians 1:4: "world, according to the will of God and our Father:"
Ephesians 1:1: "of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are"
Ephesians 1:5: "to the good pleasure of his will,"
Ephesians 1:9: "the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which"
Ephesians 1:11: "the counsel of his own will:"
Ephesians 2:3: "flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the"
Ephesians 5:17: "but understanding what the will of the Lord"
Ephesians 6:6: "of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;"
Colossians 1:1: "of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,"
Colossians 1:9: "with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and"
Colossians 4:12: "complete in all the will of God."
1 Thessalonians 4:3: "For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye"
1 Thessalonians 5:18: "give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus"
2 Timothy 1:1: "of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life"
2 Timothy 2:26: "him at his will."
