qevlhma qevlhma, qelhvmato", tov (qevlw), a word purely Biblical and ecclesiastical (yet found in Aristotle, de plant. 1, 1, p. 815b, 21); the Septuagint for $p,je and @/xr;; will, i. e., a. what one wishes or has determined shall be done (i. e. objectively, thing willed): ; ; ; ; ; ; ; qevlhma tou' Qeou' is used -- of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ, ; ; ; of what God wishes to be done by us, ; (Winer's Grammar, 111 (105)); ; and simply tov qevlhma, (Winer's Grammar, 594 (553)) ( (17) (but here the better text now adds aujtou', see Fritzsche; in patristic Greek, however, qevlhma is so used even without the article; cf. Ignatius ad ,; ; ad , ,,etc.)); tou' kurivou, ; plural commands, precepts: ( WH. marginal reading); ( (); ); ejsti tov qevlhma tivno", followed by i{na, f; , cf. ; followed by an infinitive, ; by an accusative with an infinitive . (Cf. Buttmann, 237 (204); 240 (207); Winer's Grammar, sec. 44, 8.) b. equivalent to tov qevlein (i. e. the abstract act of willing, the subjective) will, choice: (cf. Winer's Grammar, 604 (562)); ; poiei'n tov qevlhma tivno" (especially of God), ; ; ; (here WH marginal reading the plural, see above); ; ; ; ; ; ,,; ; ; tov qevlhma (L T Tr WH bouvlhma) tivno" katergavzesqai, ; givnetai tov qevlhma tivno", ; ; L R; ; ; hJ boulhv tou' qelhvmato", ; hJ eujdokiva tou' qelhvmato" ; ejn tw'/ qelhmavtw tou' Qeou', if God will, ; diav qelhvmato" Qeou', ; ; ; ; ; ; ; katav tov qevlhma tou' Qeou', ; (); . equivalent to pleasure: ; equivalent to inclination, desire: sarkov", ajndrov", <<ref:BHS/GNT_Joh 1