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Will

θέλησιςStrong’s G2308

thelēsis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Thelēsis is the Greek word usually translated “will”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”
Hebrews 2:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “will”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    θέλησις thelēsis · will

    θέλησις, -εως, ἡ (θέλω) [in LXX: 2Ch.15:15, Pro.8:35 (רָצוֹן), Eze.18:23 (חֵפֶץ), LXX Dan.11:45 (צְבִי), Tob.12:18, Wis.16:25, 2Ma.12:16, 3Ma.2:26 * ;] in colloq. and MGr. = τὸ θέλειν, will: Heb.2:4.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “will” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WILL, noun

    [See the Verb.]

    1. That faculty of the mind by which we determine either to do or forbear an action; the faculty which is exercised in deciding, among two or more objects, which we shall embrace or pursue.
    2. Choice; determination.
    3. Choice; discretion; pleasure.
    4. Command; direction.
    All definitions and other forms of “will”
    1. Disposition; inclination; desire.
    2. Power; arbitrary disposal.“Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies” Psalms 27:12
    3. Divine determination; moral purpose or counsel.
    4. Testament; the disposition of a mans estate, to take effect after his death.
    5. Favor; kindness.
    6. Right intention. Philippians 1:6

    WILL, verb transitive

    [G., Latin, Gr. The sense is to set, or to set forward, to stretch forward. The sense is well expressed by the Latin ]

    1. To determine; to decide int he mind that something shall be done or forborne; implying power to carry the purpose into effect.
    2. To command; to direct.
    3. To be inclined or resolved to have.
    4. To wish; to desire.
    5. To dispose of estate and effects by testament.
    6. It is sometimes equivalent to may be.
    7. will is used as an auxiliary verb, and a sign of the future tense.
    8. I will go, is a present promise to go; and with an emphasis on will it expresses determination.
    9. Thou wilt go, you will go, express foretelling; simply stating an event that is to come.
    10. He will go, is also a foretelling.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.