θειότης (Theiotēs): God’s Divine Nature Seen in Creation
Deep Dive into θειότηςThe history of the Greek verb for "to will" reveals a distinct cyclic evolution. In Homeric and archaic literature, the longer form ethelo was dominant. However, during the classical prose period, writers like Herodotus and Polybius largely replaced it with boulomai. This trend reversed decisively in the Koine dialect; by the time of the New Testament and Epictetus, the shortened form thelo became the standard, and ethelo disappeared entirely, surviving only in grammatically augmented past tenses.Theologically, the New Testament noun thelema is used almost exclusively in…
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