Thelesis means “will” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2308 — chadal (“cease”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2308 θέλησις (thelesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thelesis (thel'-ay-sis) n. 1. determination (properly, the act), i.e. option [from G2309] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include will. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
thelesis (thel'-ay-sis) n. 1. determination (properly, the act), i.e. option [from G2309] KJV: will Root(s): G2309
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2308. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
will
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render thelesis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2308 (θέλησις) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in 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?
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And all Judah rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, And hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.
And in them is prepared favor from the Lord.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For not of any favor of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him forever.
and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, And was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, According to the desire of them that had need:
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2308.
And all Judah rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, And hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.
And in them is prepared favor from the Lord.
Shall I at all desire the death of the sinner, saith the Lord, as I desire that he should turn from his evil way, and live?
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?
For not of any favor of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him forever.
and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, And was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, According to the desire of them that had need:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2308, grouped by book.
Thelesis (Strong's G2308) is a Greek word most simply glossed "will". thelesis (thel'-ay-sis) n. 1. determination (properly, the act), i.e. option [from G2309]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G2308 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2308 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as will. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2308, with linked reader references where each row is available.