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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: προθυμία

(Strong's #4288 — Noun Feminine — prothumia — proth-oo-mee'-ah )

"eargerness, willingness, readiness" (pro, "forward," thumos, "mind, disposition," akin to prothumos, READY, A, No. 2), is translated "readiness of mind" in Acts 17:11 , "readiness" in 2 Corinthians 8:11; in 2 Corinthians 8:12 , RV (AV, "a willing mind"); in 2 Corinthians 8:19 , RV "(our) readiness," AV, "(your) ready mind;" in 2 Corinthians 9:2 , RV, "readiness" (AV, "forwardness of ... mind;" see FORWARDNESS , Note (4).

2: ἕτοιμος

(Strong's #2092 — Adjective — hetoimos — het-oy'-mos )

an adjective (see READY , A, No. 1), is used with echo, "to have," and en, "in," idiomatically, as a noun in 2 Corinthians 10:6 , RV, "being in readiness" (AV, "having in readiness"), of the Apostle's aim for the church to be obedient to Christ. Cp. READY, C.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Readiness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/readiness.html. 1940.
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