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Strong's #2308 - θέλησις
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- a willing will
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θέλ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
I a willing, will, Stoic. 3.41, LXX To. 12.18,al., Phld. Rh. 2.297 S., Hebr, 2.4; condemned by Poll. 5.165: in Dor. pl. θελήσιες, wishes, Meliss.
II goodwill, favour, LXX Proverbs 8:35.
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).)
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θέλησις , -εως , ἡ
(θέλω ),
[in LXX: 2 Chronicles 15:15, Proverbs 8:35 (H7522), Ezekiel 18:23 (H2656), LXX Daniel 11:45 (H6643), Tobit 12:18, Wisdom of Solomon 16:25, 2 Maccabees 12:16, 3 Maccabees 2:26*;]
in colloq. and MGr. = τὸ θέλειν ,
will: Hebrews 2:4.†
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