θέλημα

θέλημα, -τος, τό

(θέλω), [in LXX chiefly for חָפֵץ, also for רָצוֹן, etc. ;]

will,

(a) objectively = that which is willed: Matt 18,14, Luk 12,47, Joh 5,30, 1 Kor 7,37, 1 Thess 5,18, 2 Tim 2,26, Hebr 10,10, Åb 4,11; θ. τ. θεοῦ, ApG 22,14, Rom 2,18; 12,2, Ef 1,9, Kol 1,9; 4,12, 1 Pet 4,2; τ. κυρίου, Ef 5,17 pl., of precepts, Mark 3,35, WH, mg., ApG 13,22 (LXX); ἐστιν τὸ θ., with genitive of person(s), before ἵνα, Joh 6,39-40, 1 Kor 16,12; with inf., 1 Pet 2,15 with accusative and inf., 1 Thess 4,3

(b) subjectively = τὸ θέλειν (cf. θέλησις): Luk 23,25, Joh 1,13, 1 Pet 3,17, 2 Pet 1,21; ποιεῖν, Matt 7,21; 12,50; 21,31, Mark 3,35 (pl., WH, mg., see supr.), Joh 4,34; 6,38; 7,17; 9,31, Ef 6,6, Hebr 10,7, 9; 10,36; 13,21, 1 Joh 2,17; γίνεσθαι, Matt 6,10; 26,42, Luk 22,42, ApG 21,14; ἡ εὐδοκία ( βουλὴ) τοῦ θ., Ef 1,5, 11; ἐν τῷ θ. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom 1,10 διὰ θ. θεοῦ, Rom 15,32, 1 Kor 1,1, 2 Kor 1,1; 8,5, Ef 1,1, Kol 1,1, 2 Tim 1,1; κατὰ τὸ θ. τ. θεοῦ, Gal 1,4, 1 Pet 4,19, 1 Joh 5,14; pl., Ef 2,3 (Cremer, 728).†