{"def":{"short":"a determination (properly, the thing), i.e., (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination","long":["what one wishes or has determined shall be done",["of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ","of what God wishes to be done by us",["commands, precepts"]],"will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure"]},"deriv":"from the prolonged form of G2309","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈθɛ.le.mɑ","ipa_mod":"ˈθe̞.le̞.mɑ","sbl":"thelēma","dic":"THEH-lay-ma","dic_mod":"THAY-lay-ma"},"see":["G2309"]}