Strong G2090ἑτοιμάζω

to make ready

Transliteration
hetoimazō
Pronunciation
het-oy-mad'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2092; to prepare : - prepare provide make ready. Compare G2680 .

Detailed definition

ἑτοιμάζω
(ἕτοιμος), [in LXX chiefly for כּוּן hi. (Hatch, Essays, 51 a.);]
to prepare, make ready;
__(a) absol., of hospitable preparation: Mrk.14:15, Luk.9:52 12:47 22:9, 12; with inf., Mat.26:17; ἵνα, Mrk.14:12;
__(b) with accusative of thing(s): Mat.22:4 26:19, Mrk.14:16, Luk.12:20 17:8 22:8, 13 23:56 24:1, Jhn.14:2-3, Phm 22, Rev.9:7 16:12; before εἰς, 2Ti.2:21; of God's ordaining coming events (Dalman, Words, 128); of blessing, Mat.20:23 25:34, Mrk.10:40, Luk.2:31, 1Co.2:9, Heb.11:16, Rev.12:6; of judgment, Mat.25:41; of preparation for the Messiah, τ. ὁδὸν κυρίου, Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.1:76 3:4" (LXX);
__(with) with accusative of person(s): Luk.1:17, Act.23:23, Rev.19:7, before ἵνα, Rev.8:6; εἰς, 2Ti.2:21, Rev.9:7, 15 21:2.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2090 appears in 40 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • prepare29
  • make10
  • provide1
  • ready1

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:3
    For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  2. Matthew 20:23
    And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
  3. Matthew 22:4
    Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
  4. Matthew 25:34
    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
  5. Matthew 25:41
    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  6. Matthew 26:17
    Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
  7. Matthew 26:19
    And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
  8. Mark 1:3
    The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  9. Mark 10:40
    But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
  10. Mark 14:12
    And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
  11. Mark 14:15
    And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
  12. Mark 14:16
    And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
  13. Luke 1:17
    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  14. Luke 1:76
    And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
  15. Luke 2:31
    Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
  16. Luke 3:4
    As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  17. Luke 9:52
    And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
  18. Luke 12:20
    But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  19. Luke 12:47
    And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
  20. Luke 17:8
    And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἑτοιμ-άζω,
perfect ἡτοίμακα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.72.6:)]perfect passive ἡτοίμασμαι both in middle and passive sense see below): (ἑτοῖμος):—get ready, prepare, ἐμοὶ γέρας αὐτίχ᾽ ἑτοιμάσατ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.118)]; [νέας] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95; στρατιώτας NT.Act.23.23; ὁδόν LXX.Isa.40.3, +others; ἔγκλημα μικρὸν αἰτίαν τε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 361; δῶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 364; βουλήν [prev. author] “Heracl.” 472)]; δάκρυα δ᾽ ἑτοιμάζουσι to those furnishing them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 454; ἀργύριον ῥητόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7, etc.)]; ἑαυτὸν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Rev.8.6.)]
II middle, cause to be prepared, ὄφρ᾽ ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ᾽ Ἀθήνῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.571; ἑτοιμάσσαντο δὲ ταύρους 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.184, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24; ἑτοιμασάμενος ἃ δεῖ “Inscription Prien.” 55.34 (2nd c.BC).)]
II.2 with perfect passive ἡτοίμασμαι, prepare for oneself, τἄλλα ἡτοιμάζετο made his other arrangements, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.77; ὅπως ἑτοιμάσαιντο τιμωρίαν [prev. author] 1.58; πλείονα ἡτοιμασμένος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.5; τροφὴν ἡτοιμασμένοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.209; τὰ πρὸς τὸν βίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 30, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 53.)]
II.3 prepare oneself, make oneself ready, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 8; πρὸς τὴν χειμασίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.105.11.)]
III passive, to be prepared, ἔλεγε ἡτοιμάσθαι that preparations had been made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.64, compare 7.62, etc.)]; ἑ. τι to be prepared with.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.30.7.)]