noun · feminine

pronoias

Greekπρόνοια (pronoia)

Strong’sG4307

forethought, foresight

stem pronoi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

foresight1×provision1×

What it means

πρόνοια, -ας, ἡ

(< πρόνοος, careful), [in LXX: Da LXX 6:18 (19) Wi 14:3 17:2, II-IV Mac6*;]

foresight, forethought: Ac 24:3; π. ποιεῖσθαι, c. gen. (Dem., 546, 6), make provision for, show care for: Ro 13:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4307 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpron'-oy-ah

forethought, i.e. provident care or supply

Fromfrom G4306;

King Jamesprovidence, provision.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	pronoias	pronoiais
object accusative	pronoian1×πρόνοιαν	pronoiain
direct address vocative	pronoiar	pronoiair
of, belonging to genitive	pronoiau1×προνοίας	pronoiaiu
to, for dative	pronoia	pronoiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

pronoistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pronoia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

pronoian“provision”objectaccusative singular1×

Romans 13:14“provision”alla enduevar ton kurion Iēsun Christon, kai tau sarxau pronoian mē poievōr eis epithumiain.Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

pronoiau“foresight”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 24:2“foresight”kaliratou de autou archeta katēgorarō tos Tertullos legarōtos; Pollau eirēnau tunchanarōtois dia su kai diorthōmeiu ginerōteiu te ethne houte dia tau sau pronoiauWhen Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.