noun · feminine
prothumias
Strong’sG4288
inclination, readiness
stem prothumi-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** προθυμία, -ας, ἡ
(< πρόθυμος), [in LXX: Si 45:23*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4288 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidproth-oo-mee'-ah
predisposition, i.e. alacrity
Fromfrom G4289;
King Jamesforwardness of mind, readiness (of mind), ready (willing) mind.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, readiness, willingness, eagerness, ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι [ῑ] pepoiqw/s Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to ἀθυμία, Refs 5th c.BC+; πάσῃ π. with all zeal, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπὸ προθυμίας by my eagerness, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with genitive person, ἐκ τῆς Κλεομένεος π. at his desire, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ τὴν τούτου π. as far as his desire goes, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ θεοῦ προθυμίᾳ by the will of the god, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with genitive objecti, πᾶσαν π. σωτηρίης.. παρεχόμενοι showing the utmost zeal to save it, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἔργου readiness for action, will or purpose to act, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 π. ἔχειν, ={προθυμεῖσθαι}, Refs 5th c.BC+. infinitive, ἔσχε π. στρατεύσασθαι Refs 5th c.BC+: also with participle, ἔφη πᾶσαν π. σχεῖν δεόμενος Refs
II goodwill, ready kindness, Ἑλλήνων εἵνεκα ἔργον.. ἔργασμαι ὑπὸ προθυμίης Refs 5th c.BC+; πλείστην π. περὶ ὑμᾶς, π. πολλὴν περί σε, Refs 5th c.BC+
III desire of natural functions, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prothumias2×προθυμία | prothumiais |
| object accusative | prothumian2×προθυμίαν | prothumiain |
| direct address vocative | prothumiar | prothumiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prothumiau1×προθυμίας | prothumiaiu |
| to, for dative | prothumia | prothumiai |
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
prothumia 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
prothumias“readiness”subjectnominative singular2×
2 Corinthians 8:11“readiness”… tem poiara epitelavar, hopōs kathaper tas prothumias teu thelarō houtōs kai tem epitelara …Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to …
2 Corinthians 8:12ei gar tas prothumias prokeiotō, katho ean echateiō euprosdektas, ouk …For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable …
prothumian“eagerness”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Corinthians 8:19… tan autou tou kuriou doxan kai prothumian nu… Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
2 Corinthians 9:2“readiness”oidamē gar tan prothumian vu han huper vu kauchomō Makedonoi …For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has …
prothumiau“eagerness”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 17:11… hotinois dechela ton logon meta pantau prothumiau, tem kata hēmeran anakrinarōntois tain grafain …… they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day …