adverb

prothumōs

Greekπροθύμως (prothumōs)

Strong’sG4290

readily

stem prothumō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

eagerly1×

What it means

προθύμως,

[in LXX: II Ch 29:34 (לֵבָב יִשְׁרֵי), To 7:8, al.;]

eagerly, readily, with a ready mind: I Pe 5:2.†

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

Strong’s G4290 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidproth-oo'-moce

with alacrity

Fromadverb from G4289;

King Jameswillingly.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prothumōs1×

1 Peter 5:2“eagerly”poimainavar tem en vi poimniem tou theou, episkoparōtois mē anankastōs alla hekousiōs kata theon, mēde aischrokerdōs alla prothumōs,Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;