2308. thelésis

Lexicon

thelésis: Will, desire

Original Word: θέλησις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: thelésis
Pronunciation: THEH-lay-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (thel'-ay-sis)
KJV: will
NASB: will
Word Origin: [from G2309 (θέλω - want)]

1. determination (properly, the act), i.e. option

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

will.

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

see GREEK ethelo

HELPS Word-studies

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).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from theló
Definition
will
NASB Translation
will (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

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).)

Forms and Transliterations

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

Englishman's Concordance

Hebrews 2:4 N-AFS
GRK: τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν
NAS: Spirit according to His own will.
KJV: according to his own will?
INT: his will

Strong's Greek 2308
1 Occurrence

θέλησιν — 1 Occ.