verb

protithemō

Greekπροτίθεμαι (protithemai)

Strong’sG4388

I purpose, design beforehand

stem protith-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

Translated as

planned1×presented1×purposed1×

What it means

προ-τίθημι,

[in LXX: Ex 40:4, 23, Le 24:8 (ערךְ) Ps 53 (54):3 (שׂוּם), etc.;]

1. to set before, set forth publicly; so also in mid.: c. acc. pers., Ro 3:25 (for a suggested alt. rend., v. MM, xxii).

2. Mid., to set before oneself, propose, purpose: c. inf., Ro 1:13; c. acc. rei, Eph 1:9.†

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

Strong’s G4388 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprot-ith'-em-ahee

to place before, i.e. (for oneself) to exhibit; (to oneself) to propose (determine)

Frommiddle voice from G4253 and G5087;

King Jamespurpose, set forth.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
protithemaπροεθέμην	happened · Iaorist middle indicative 1st person singular	planned	1×
protithetaπροέθετο	happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular	purposed	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	protithemō	protitheme	protithemi	protithema1×προεθέμην	protithemē	protithemelē
you 2nd person singular	protithesō	protithese	protithesi	protithesa	protithesē	protitheselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protithetō	protithete	protitheti	protitheta2×προέθετο	protithetē	protithetelē
we 1st person plural	protithenō	protithene	protitheni	protithena	protithenē	protithenelē
ye 2nd person plural	protithevō	protitheve	protithevi	protitheva	protithevē	protithevelē
they 3rd person plural	protithelō	protithele	protitheli	protithela	protithelē	protithelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	protithemeiō	protithemeia	protithemeiē
you 2nd person singular	protitheseiō	protitheseia	protitheseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protitheteiō	protitheteia	protitheteiē
we 1st person plural	protitheneiō	protitheneia	protitheneiē
ye 2nd person plural	protitheveiō	protitheveia	protitheveiē
they 3rd person plural	protitheleiō	protitheleia	protitheleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	protithesōr	protithesar	protithesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protithetōr	protithetar	protithetēr
ye 2nd person plural	protithevōr	protithevar	protithevēr
they 3rd person plural	protithelōr	protithelar	protithelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	protithemoiō	protithemoia
you 2nd person singular	protithesoiō	protithesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protithetoiō	protithetoia
we 1st person plural	protithenoiō	protithenoia
ye 2nd person plural	protithevoiō	protithevoia
they 3rd person plural	protitheloiō	protitheloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	protitherō	protitheri	protithera	protitherē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	protitherōtos	protitheritos	protitheratos	protitherētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

protithstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

protith 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

protithema“planned”happened · Iaorist middle indicative 1st person singular1×

Romans 1:13“planned”ouk thelamō de vin agnoarō, adelfoir, hoti pollakis protithema erchara pros vin, kai kōluima achri tou deuro, hina tinon karpon echameia kai en vi kathōs kai en tei loipei ethnei.I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

protitheta“purposed”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular2×

Romans 3:25“presented”hon protitheta tos theos hilastēriem dia pistiau en te autou haime eis endeixian tau dikaiosunau autou dia tan paresian teiu proginarēteiu hamartēmeiuGod presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Ephesians 1:9“purposed”gnōrizaratos ni tem mustēriem teu thelēmeu autou, kata tan eudokian autou han protitheta en autoAnd He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ