noun · feminine
prothumias
Greekπροθυμία (prothumia)
Strong’sG4288
inclination, readiness
stem prothumi-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** 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.
Every form
| 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
prothumias“readiness”subjectnominative singular2×
2 Corinthians 8:11“readiness”nuni de kai tem poiara epitelavar, hopōs kathaper tas prothumias teu thelarō houtōs kai tem epitelara ek teu echarō.Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.
2 Corinthians 8:12“eagerness”ei gar tas prothumias prokeietō, katho ean echateiō euprosdektas, ouk katho ouk echatō.For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
prothumian“eagerness”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Corinthians 8:19“eagerness”ouk monem de alla kai cheirotoniratos hupo taiu ekklēsaiu sunekdēmos nu sun ta charia houta ta diakonirōta hupo nu pros tan autou tou kuriou doxan kai prothumian nuMore than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
2 Corinthians 9:2“readiness”oidamē gar tan prothumian vu han huper vu kauchemō Makedōnoi hoti Achaias paraskeuazetē apo perusin, kai tem vu zēlem erethizata toin polloteroin.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 stirred most of them to do likewise.
prothumiau“eagerness”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 17:11“eagerness”houtois de ale eugenoterois toiu en Thessalonika, hotinois dechela ton logon meta pantau prothumiau, tem kata hēmeran anakrinarōtois tain grafain ei echatoiō houteim houtōs.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.