Strong G2092ἕτοιμος
ready
- Transliteration
- hetoimos
- Pronunciation
- het-oy'-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From an old noun ἕτεος
heteos (fitness);
adjusted that is ready: - prepared (made) ready (-iness to our hand).
heteos (fitness);
adjusted that is ready: - prepared (made) ready (-iness to our hand).
Detailed definition
ἕτοιμος, -ον also (in cl. after Thuc.) -η (2Co.9:5, 1Pe.1:5), -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for כּוּן, מָכוֹן (cf. Hatch, Essays, 51 ff.);]
prepared, ready;
__(a) of things: Mat.22:4, 8, Mrk.14:15, 2Co.9:5 10:16, 1Pe.1:5; ἔρχεσθε ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστιν (Field, Notes, 67), Luk.14:17; ὁ καιρός, Jhn.7:6;
__(b) of persons: Mat.24:44 25:10, Luk.12:40, Act.23:21; before πρός, Tit.3:1, 1Pe.3:15; with inf., Luk.22:23; τοῦ, with inf. (WM, § 44, 4a; Robertson, Gr., 1068), Act.23:15; ἐν ἑ. ἔχω (MM, Exp., xiv), with inf., 2Co.10:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כּוּן, מָכוֹן (cf. Hatch, Essays, 51 ff.);]
prepared, ready;
__(a) of things: Mat.22:4, 8, Mrk.14:15, 2Co.9:5 10:16, 1Pe.1:5; ἔρχεσθε ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστιν (Field, Notes, 67), Luk.14:17; ὁ καιρός, Jhn.7:6;
__(b) of persons: Mat.24:44 25:10, Luk.12:40, Act.23:21; before πρός, Tit.3:1, 1Pe.3:15; with inf., Luk.22:23; τοῦ, with inf. (WM, § 44, 4a; Robertson, Gr., 1068), Act.23:15; ἐν ἑ. ἔχω (MM, Exp., xiv), with inf., 2Co.10:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2092 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ready14
- hand1
- make1
- prepare1
- readiness1
First verses
- Matthew 22:4Again, 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.
- Matthew 22:8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
- Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
- Mark 14:15And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
- Luke 12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
- Luke 14:17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
- Luke 22:33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
- John 7:6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
- Acts 23:15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
- 2 Corinthians 10:6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
- 2 Corinthians 10:16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
- Titus 3:1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
- 1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- 1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἑτοῖμος, ον,
also feminine ἑτοίμη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.425, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 66, -μᾱ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1079 (Lyric poetry), etc.:—in 5th c.BC and later ἕτοιμος)], η, ον, or ος, ον, cf. Hdn.Gr. [Refs (2.938)]:—at hand, ready, prepared, ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.453, etc.; τὶν δ᾽ αἶνος ἑτοῖμος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.12; [τὰ κρέα] εἶχε ἕτοιμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 3.123; ἑτοιμοτάταν ἐπὶ δαῖτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.63, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 357 (Lyric poetry))]; ἕ. χρήματα money in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31; ἐξ ἑ.)]in ready money, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (POxy. 2106.23 (4th c.AD))]; ἕ. ἀεὶ παρακείμενον ἐκμαγεῖον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72c)]; ἕ. ποιήσασθαι to make ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; ὡς ἑτοῖμα ἦν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3; ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἑ. ἦν [prev. work] 98)]; ἐξ ἑτοίμου at once and without hesitation, immediately, offhand, ἐξ ἑ. λαμβάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.96; ἐξ ἑ. ὑπακούειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.3; ἐξ ἑτοιμοτάτου διώκειν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.3.57; ἐξ ἑ. φίλον εἶναι [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.6.16)]; γίνεται ταῦτα ἐξ -οτάτου are most likely to attack, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 24; ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἐστί 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U., compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.61; ἐν ἑ. ἔχειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.34.2, NT.2Cor.10.6, etc.)]; ἑτοιμότερα γέλωτος λίβη tears that came more readily than.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 448)]; τὰ ἑ. that which is ready to hand, ἐπὶ τὰ ἑ. μᾶλλον τρέπονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20)]; τὰ ἑ. βλάψαι[Refs ([prev. work] 70; τοῖς ἑ. περὶ τῶν ἀφανῶν.. κινδυνεύειν [prev. author] 6.9.)]
2 of the future, sure to come, certain, αὐτίκα γάρ τοι ἔπειτα μεθ᾽ Ἕκτορα πότμος ἑ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.96; χώλωσις ἑτοίμη τοῖσι περιγινομένοισι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 66)]; also, easy to be done, feasible, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφισιν ἥδε γ᾽ ἑτοίμη (i.e. μῆτις) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.425)]; ἕ. [ἐστι] τὸ διαφθαρῆναι imminent, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.706c)]: with infinitive, ἕ. μᾶλλόν [ἐστι] ἀπεχθάνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 567a, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 86)]; οὐ γάρ τι ἕ. μεταπεῖσαι it is not easy.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.23.6.)]
3 of the past, carried into effect, realized, ταῦτα ἑ. τετεύχαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.53)]; ἠδ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἑτοῖμα τέτυκτο and this promise has been made good, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.384.)]
II of persons, ready, active, zealous, ἕ. ἦν ἐμοὶ σειραφόρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 842)]; τινι in or for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.16)]; ἐς τι for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.96; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.12)]: with dative person, ready to assist or go with him, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.74, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70)]: c.infinitive, ready to do, [Refs ([prev. work] 42, 113, +others)]; ἐπιστενάχειν πᾶς τις ἕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 791; χωρεῖν ἑ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 813, compare “Ant.” 264, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 341 (Lyric poetry))]; ὑπακούειν ἑτοιμότεροι too ready.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61; θηρία ἕ. διαμάχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207b: with _Article_, τὸ μὴ βλέπειν ἑτοίμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1079 (Lyric poetry))]; ἦν ἕτοιμος, absolutely, he was ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; ἑ. ἔχειν τινάς [prev. author] 3.45; ἑ. ποιέεσθαί τινας [prev. author] 5.86.)]
II.2 of the mind, ready, bold, λῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 458 (Lyric poetry); ἡ γνώμη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.123)]; τὸ ἕ. readiness, resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1106; τὸ ἕ. τῆς γνώμης 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 8.1; τὰ θερμά τε καὶ ἕ. τῶν θηρίων [prev. author] “VA” 7.14.)]
III adverb -μως readily, willingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80)]; ἑ. ἔχω τελευτᾶν I am ready to die, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 4, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.161, “PAmh.” 2.32.6 (2nd c.BC), NT.Act.21.13; ἑ. ἥκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.2; διδόναι “IG” 22.956.24)]; ἑ. παρορᾷς evidently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 300c)]: comparative ἑτοιμότερον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.14, -οτέρως 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. 12)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290a.)]
also feminine ἑτοίμη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.425, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 66, -μᾱ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1079 (Lyric poetry), etc.:—in 5th c.BC and later ἕτοιμος)], η, ον, or ος, ον, cf. Hdn.Gr. [Refs (2.938)]:—at hand, ready, prepared, ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.453, etc.; τὶν δ᾽ αἶνος ἑτοῖμος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.12; [τὰ κρέα] εἶχε ἕτοιμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 3.123; ἑτοιμοτάταν ἐπὶ δαῖτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.63, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 357 (Lyric poetry))]; ἕ. χρήματα money in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31; ἐξ ἑ.)]in ready money, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (POxy. 2106.23 (4th c.AD))]; ἕ. ἀεὶ παρακείμενον ἐκμαγεῖον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72c)]; ἕ. ποιήσασθαι to make ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; ὡς ἑτοῖμα ἦν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3; ἐπειδὴ αὐτῷ ἑ. ἦν [prev. work] 98)]; ἐξ ἑτοίμου at once and without hesitation, immediately, offhand, ἐξ ἑ. λαμβάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.96; ἐξ ἑ. ὑπακούειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.3; ἐξ ἑτοιμοτάτου διώκειν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.3.57; ἐξ ἑ. φίλον εἶναι [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.6.16)]; γίνεται ταῦτα ἐξ -οτάτου are most likely to attack, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 24; ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἐστί 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.62U., compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.61; ἐν ἑ. ἔχειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.34.2, NT.2Cor.10.6, etc.)]; ἑτοιμότερα γέλωτος λίβη tears that came more readily than.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 448)]; τὰ ἑ. that which is ready to hand, ἐπὶ τὰ ἑ. μᾶλλον τρέπονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20)]; τὰ ἑ. βλάψαι[Refs ([prev. work] 70; τοῖς ἑ. περὶ τῶν ἀφανῶν.. κινδυνεύειν [prev. author] 6.9.)]
2 of the future, sure to come, certain, αὐτίκα γάρ τοι ἔπειτα μεθ᾽ Ἕκτορα πότμος ἑ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.96; χώλωσις ἑτοίμη τοῖσι περιγινομένοισι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 66)]; also, easy to be done, feasible, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφισιν ἥδε γ᾽ ἑτοίμη (i.e. μῆτις) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.425)]; ἕ. [ἐστι] τὸ διαφθαρῆναι imminent, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.706c)]: with infinitive, ἕ. μᾶλλόν [ἐστι] ἀπεχθάνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 567a, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 86)]; οὐ γάρ τι ἕ. μεταπεῖσαι it is not easy.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.23.6.)]
3 of the past, carried into effect, realized, ταῦτα ἑ. τετεύχαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.53)]; ἠδ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἑτοῖμα τέτυκτο and this promise has been made good, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.384.)]
II of persons, ready, active, zealous, ἕ. ἦν ἐμοὶ σειραφόρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 842)]; τινι in or for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.16)]; ἐς τι for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.96; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.12)]: with dative person, ready to assist or go with him, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.74, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70)]: c.infinitive, ready to do, [Refs ([prev. work] 42, 113, +others)]; ἐπιστενάχειν πᾶς τις ἕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 791; χωρεῖν ἑ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 813, compare “Ant.” 264, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 341 (Lyric poetry))]; ὑπακούειν ἑτοιμότεροι too ready.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61; θηρία ἕ. διαμάχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207b: with _Article_, τὸ μὴ βλέπειν ἑτοίμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1079 (Lyric poetry))]; ἦν ἕτοιμος, absolutely, he was ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; ἑ. ἔχειν τινάς [prev. author] 3.45; ἑ. ποιέεσθαί τινας [prev. author] 5.86.)]
II.2 of the mind, ready, bold, λῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 458 (Lyric poetry); ἡ γνώμη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.123)]; τὸ ἕ. readiness, resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1106; τὸ ἕ. τῆς γνώμης 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 8.1; τὰ θερμά τε καὶ ἕ. τῶν θηρίων [prev. author] “VA” 7.14.)]
III adverb -μως readily, willingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80)]; ἑ. ἔχω τελευτᾶν I am ready to die, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 4, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.161, “PAmh.” 2.32.6 (2nd c.BC), NT.Act.21.13; ἑ. ἥκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.2; διδόναι “IG” 22.956.24)]; ἑ. παρορᾷς evidently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 300c)]: comparative ἑτοιμότερον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.14, -οτέρως 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. 12)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290a.)]