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Koine Greek wordlink #128506

SR GNT Eph 2:3 θελήματα (thelaʸmata) ‘of us doing the desires of the flesh and’ Strongs=23070 Lemma=thelēma
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=64 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form θελήματα (N-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θελήματα’ (N-ANP) has 2 different glosses: ‘desires’, ‘wills’.

Acts 13:22 ‘will_be doing all the wills of me’ SR GNT Acts 13:22 word 30

OET-LV: 22 And having _removed him, he _raised the Dawid/(Dāvid) to _them for a_king, to _whom also he _spoke having _testified: I _found Dawid the son of_ the _Yessai/(Yishay): a_man according _to the heart of _me, who will _be _doing all the wills of _me. (ACT_13:22)

OET-RV: 22 After Saul was removed, God chose David to be their king—the man of whom he said, ‘I found David the son of Yishay (Jesse), a man who wants to obey me and do everything I ask.’ (ACT 13:22)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘thelēma’ have 7 different glosses: ‘his will’, ‘the will’, ‘by the will’, ‘to the will’, ‘desires’, ‘will’, ‘wills’.

Greek words (11) other than θελήματα (N-ANP) with a gloss related to ‘desires’

Have 11 other words (ἐπιθυμίας, ἐπιθυμίαις, ἐπιθυμίας, ἐπιθυμίαις, ἐπιθυμίας, ἐπιθυμίαις, ἐπιθυμίας, ἐπιθυμίαι, ἐπιθυμίας, ἐπιθυμιῶν, ἐπιθυμίαις) with 1 lemma altogether (epithumia)

YHN 8:44 ἐπιθυμίας (epithumias) N-AFP Lemma=epithumia ‘are and the desires of the father of you_all’ SR GNT Yhn 8:44 word 10

OET-LV: 44 You _all are of the father the devil, and you _all _are _wanting to _be _doing the desires of _the father of _you _all. That one was a_murderer from the_beginning, and has_ not _stood in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he _may _be _speaking the falsehood, he _is _speaking from his own, because he _is a_liar, and the father of _it. (JHN_8:44)

OET-RV: 44 is because you come from your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father wants. But he was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stick to the truth because there’s no truth in him. Whenever he tells lies, he’s speaking from his own nature, because he’s a liar and the source of lying. (JHN 8:44)

MARK 4:19 ἐπιθυμίαι (epithumiai) N-NFP Lemma=epithumia ‘the for other things desires entering_in are choking the’ SR GNT Mark 4:19 word 25

OET-LV: 19 and the worries of _the age, and the seduction of _the riches, and the desires for the other things entering _in, are _choking the message and it _is _becoming unfruitful. (MRK_4:19)

OET-RV: 19 but contemporary topics, or the lure of money, or the appetite for other things, choke their good intentions and the message becomes unfruitful in them. (MRK 4:19)

ROM 1:24 ἐπιθυμίαις (epithumiais) N-DFP Lemma=epithumia ‘god in the desires of the hearts of them’ SR GNT Rom 1:24 word 9

OET-LV: 24 Therefore gave _over them the god in the desires of _the hearts of _them to impurity, which to _be _dishonouring the bodies of _them in themselves, (ROM_1:24)

OET-RV: 24 Therefore God reluctantly let their lusts lead to impurity and the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves (ROM 1:24)

ROM 13:14 ἐπιθυμίας (epithumias) N-AFP Lemma=epithumia ‘not be making for its desires’ SR GNT Rom 13:14 word 20

OET-LV: 14 But dress _in the master Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, and for _the flesh provision not be _making, because/for its desires. (ROM_13:14)

OET-RV: 14 Instead, cover yourselves with the master Yeshua Messiah, and don’t be giving in to physical lusts and desires. (ROM 13:14)

GAL 5:24 ἐπιθυμίαις (epithumiais) N-DFP Lemma=epithumia ‘its passions and desires’ SR GNT Gal 5:24 word 15

OET-LV: 24 And the ones of_ the _chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), executed _on _a _stake the flesh with its passions and the desires. (GAL_5:24)

OET-RV: 24 And for the messiah Yeshua’s apprentices, earthly desires need to be executed on a post, along with their passions and lusts. (GAL 5:24)

EPH 2:3 ἐπιθυμίαις (epithumiais) N-DFP Lemma=epithumia ‘once in the desires of the flesh of us’ SR GNT Eph 2:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 among whom also we all were _conducted once in the desires of _the flesh of _us, doing the desires of _the flesh and of _its minds, and we _were children by _nature of _severe _anger, as even the rest. (EPH_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 In the past, we also lived like them inside our fleshly lusts and then living out those desires and fantasies, and so we were children deserving strong anger just like everyone else. (EPH 2:3)

EPH 4:22 ἐπιθυμίας (epithumias) N-AFP Lemma=epithumia ‘being corrupted according_to the desires of seduction’ SR GNT Eph 4:22 word 15

OET-LV: 22 you _all to _put _away according _to your earlier conduct the old person, which being _corrupted according _to the desires of_ the _seduction, (EPH_4:22)

OET-RV: 22 that you reject the former conduct of the old corrupted you, those seductive desires, (EPH 4:22)

1 TIM 6:9 ἐπιθυμίας (epithumias) N-AFP Lemma=epithumia ‘and a snare and desires many foolish and’ SR GNT 1 Tim 6:9 word 11

OET-LV: 9 But the ones wishing to _be _being _rich, are _falling _in into temptation, and a_snare, and many foolish and harmful desires, which are _sinking the people into destruction and destruction. (TI1_6:9)

OET-RV: 9 Those who desire wealth fall into temptation. It’s a trap which leads to many foolish and harmful desires, resulting in people sinking into ruin and destruction (TI1 6:9)

2 TIM 4:3 ἐπιθυμίας (epithumias) N-AFP Lemma=epithumia ‘according_to their own desires to themselves they will_be accumulating teachers’ SR GNT 2 Tim 4:3 word 17

OET-LV: 3 For/Because there _will _be a_time when they_˓will˒_ not _be _tolerating teaching of _the being _sound, but according _to their own desires, they _will _be _accumulating teachers to _themselves, being _tickled by _the ear, (TI2_4:3)

OET-RV: 3 A time will come when people will no longer be tolerating scriptural teaching, but will prefer their own doctrines, so they’ll find teachers to teach what they want to hear, (TI2 4:3)

1 PET 1:14 ἐπιθυμίαις (epithumiais) N-DFP Lemma=epithumia ‘the ignorance of you_all desires’ SR GNT 1 Pet 1:14 word 12

OET-LV: 14 As children of _obedience, not conforming to _the earlier desires in the ignorance of _you _all, (PE1_1:14)

OET-RV: 14 As people who want to obey, don’t conform to your earlier desires that came from your ignorance, (PE1 1:14)

1 PET 2:11 ἐπιθυμιῶν (epithumiōn) N-GFP Lemma=epithumia ‘to_be keeping_away from the fleshly desires which are warring against’ SR GNT 1 Pet 2:11 word 12

OET-LV: 11 Beloved, I _am _exhorting as sojourners and aliens, to _be _keeping _away from _the fleshly desires, which are _warring against your soul, (PE1_2:11)

OET-RV: 11 Dear friends, I’m urging you all as travellers and foreigners to keep away from worldly temptations which are in a battle against your soul. (PE1 2:11)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural ANP=accusative,neuter,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural