noun · feminine

prothesmias

Greekπροθεσμία (prothesmia)

Strong’sG4287

appointed before

stem prothesmi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

date set1×

What it means

** προ-θέσμιος, -α, -ον,

[in Sm.: Jb 28:3, Da 9:26*;]

appointed beforehand. In Attic law, as subst. (so always in cl.), ἡ π. (sc. ἡμέρα), a day appointed beforehand, a previously appointed time: Ga 4:2.†

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

Strong’s G4287 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidproth-es'-mee-os

fixed beforehand, i.e. (feminine with G2250 implied) a designated day

Fromfrom G4253 and a derivative of G5087;

King Jamestime appointed.

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	prothesmias	prothesmiais
object accusative	prothesmian	prothesmiain
direct address vocative	prothesmiar	prothesmiair
of, belonging to genitive	prothesmiau1×προθεσμίας	prothesmiaiu
to, for dative	prothesmia	prothesmiai

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

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

prothesmia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prothesmiau“date set”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Galatians 4:2“date set”alla hupo epitropoin atō kai oikonomoin achri tau prothesmiau tou patērou.He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.