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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4286 - πρόθεσις

Transliteration

próthesis

Phonetics

proth'-es-is

Origin

from (G4388)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

8:164,1176

Definition

Thayer's

a setting forth of a thing, placing of it in view, the shewbread
1. twelve loaves of wheaten bread, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel, which loaves were offered to God every Sabbath, and separated into two rows, lay for seven days upon a table placed in the sanctuary or front portion of the tabernacle, and afterwards of the temple
a purpose

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4635 ‑ מַעֲרֶכֶת (mah‑ar‑eh'‑keth); 6187 ‑ עֵרֶךְ (eh'‑rek); 6440 ‑ פָּנֶה (paw‑neem');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (12)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

NAS (12)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

HCS (11)

Matthew

Mark

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

BSB (12)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

ESV (11)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

WEB (11)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

Romans

Ephesians

2 Timothy

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ,

( προτίθημι )

placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out (cf. προτίθημι 11 ), Pl. Lg. 947b, 959a, 959e, D. 43.64 .

2. public notice, αἱ π. τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων Arist. Pol. 1322a9 .

3. statement of a case, Id. Rh. 1414b8; ὑπέρ τινος τὴν πρόθεσιν ποιήσασθαι Id. Cat. 11a21; theme, thesis, Phld. Rh. 1.36, al. S.: generally, proposition, statement, D.H. Amm. 2.2.

4. πρόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖς . . προσόδοις to make payment in advance, IPE 12.32 A 41 (Olbia, iii B.C. ).

5. offering, PCair.Zen. 328.75 (iii B.C.), Gauthier et Sottas Decret trilingue (iii B.C.), Call. Fr. 1.13 P., OGI 90.48 (ii B.C.), UPZ 149.21, 31 (ii B.C.): esp. in VT and NT, οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. the loaves laid before, shew -bread, LXX 1 Samuel 21:6(7), Ev.Matthew 12:4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων Ep.Hebrews 9:2, cf. Ph. 2.294; ἡ τράπεζα τῆς π. LXX 2 Chronicles 29:18 .

II purpose, end proposed, ἐπαινῶ σὴν π. SIG 22.14 ( Magn. Mae., Epist. Darei), cf. Philipp. ap. D. 18.167, Arist. APr. 47a5, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.131, Plb. 5.35.2, Arr. Epict. 1.21.2, etc.; π. βίων Adam. Phgn. 1.2; defined as σημείωσις ἐπιτελέσεως, Stoic. 3.41; κατὰ πρόθεσιν purposely, Plb. 12.10.6; τὰ κατὰ π. φύντα Ph. 2.144; τὰ κατὰ τὴν π. Plb. 1.54.1, cf. PTeb. 27.81 (ii B.C.) .

2. goodwill, π. ἔχειν πρὸς ἔθνος, ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν, Plb. 4.73.2, OGI 765.44 (prob. l., Priene).

III supposition, calculation, Plb. 6.32.1, 12.21.6 . Gramm., preposition, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.45, D.T. 634.5, D.H. Comp. 2, A.D. Synt. 305.24, Pron. 64.5 .

2. prefixing, placing first, Id. Synt. 311.1, Pron. 58.16 .

3. π. καὶ πτῶσις perh. stem (or root ) and ending, Phld. Po. 2.18 . = cross προθεσμία, interpol. in Suid.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πρό -θεσις , -εως , ἡ ,

[in LXX: Exodus 40:4; Exodus 40:23 (H6187), 1 Chronicles 9:32, al. (H4635), 2 Chronicles 4:19 (H6440), 1 Maccabees 1:22, 2 Maccabees 3:8, al.;]

1. a setting forth (Plat., Plut., al.): οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς Papyri (cf. LXX, ll. c., elsewhere ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι , Exodus 25:29; οἱ ἄ . τοῦ προσώπου , Nehemiah 10:33), Matthew 12:4, Mark 2:26, Luke 6:4; ἡ Papyri τῶν ἄρτων , Hebrews 9:2.

2. a purpose (Mist., Polyb., al.; 2Mac, l.c.): Acts 11:23; Acts 27:13, Romans 8:28; Romans 9:11, Ephesians 1:11; Ephesians 3:11, 2 Timothy 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:10.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

προθεσει προθέσει προθεσεως προθέσεως προθεσιν πρόθεσιν προθεσις πρόθεσις prothesei prothései protheseos protheseōs prothéseos prothéseōs prothesin próthesin prothesis próthesis

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