Original Word: θέλησις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: thelésis
Phonetic Spelling: (thel'-ay-sis)
Short Definition: a willing, will
Definition: a willing, will.

Cognate: 2308 thélēsis (a feminine noun derived from 2309 /thélō, "desire, wish") – a desire or wish; a brand of God's preference "fleshed out" in a miraculous way in His servants (used only in Heb 2:4). See 2307 (thēlema).

STRONGS NT 2308: θέλησις

θέλησις, θελήσεως, ἡ (θέλω), equivalent to τό θέλειν, a willing, will: Hebrews 2:4. (Ezekiel 18:23; 2 Chronicles 15:15; Proverbs 8:35; Wis. 16:25; (Tobit 12:18); 2 Macc. 12:16; 3Macc. 2:26; (plural in) Melissa epist. ad Char., p. 62 Orell.; according to Pollux (l. 5 c. 47) a vulgarism (ἰδιωτικον); (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 353).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

will.

From ethelo; determination (properly, the act), i.e. Option -- will.

see GREEK ethelo

Forms and Transliterations

θελήσει θελησιν θέλησιν θέλησις θελητάς θελητή θελητής θελητόν thelesin thelēsin thélesin thélēsin

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