θέλημα

θέλημα — thélēma

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): Luk 12:47; Joh 5:30; 1Co 7:37; 1Th 5:18; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 10:10; Rev 4:11; θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ is used — of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ, Act 22:14; Eph 1:9; Col 1:9; of what God wishes to be done by us, Rom 12:2; Col 4:12 (Winer's Grammar, 111 (105)); 1Pe 4:2; and simply τό θέλημα, Rom 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 1:1-32; Rom 1:1-32 [ET]; ad Eph. 20, 1 [ET], etc.)); τοῦ κυρίου, Eph 5:17; plural commands, precepts: (Mar 3:35 WH. marginal reading); Act 13:22 (Psa 102:7; 2Ma 1:3); ἐστι τό θέλημα τίνος, followed by ἵνα, Joh 6:39; 1Co 16:12, cf. Mat 18:14; followed by an infinitive, 1Pe 2:15; by an accusative with an infinitive 1Th 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: 1Pe 3:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 604 (562)); 2Pe 1:21; ποιεῖν τό θέλημα τίνος (especially of God), Mat 7:21; Mat 12:50; Mat 21:31; Mar 3:35 (here WH marginal reading the plural, see above); Joh 4:34; Joh 6:38; Joh 7:17; Joh 9:31; Eph 6:6; Heb 10:7; Heb 10:9; Heb 10:36; Heb 13:21; 1Jn 2:17; τό θέλημα (L T Tr WH βούλημα) τίνος κατεργάζεσθαι, 1Pe 4:3; γίνεται τό θέλημα τίνος, Mat 6:10; Mat 26:42; Luk 11:2 L R;; Act 21:14; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος, Eph 1:11; ἡ εὐδοκία τοῦ θελήματος Eph 1:5; ἐν τῷ θελημάτω τοῦ Θεοῦ, if God will, Rom 1:10; διά θελήματος Θεοῦ, Rom 15:32; 1Co 1:1; 2Co 1:1; 2Co 8:5; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 2Ti 1:1; κατά τό θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Gal 1:4; (1Pe 4:19); 1Jn 5:14. equivalent to pleasure: Luk 23:25; equivalent to inclination, desire: σαρκός, ἀνδρός, Joh 1:13; plural Eph 2:3. (Synonym: see θέλω, at the end.)