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Strong G4286πρόθεσις

purpose

Transliteration
prothesis
Pronunciation
proth'-es-is
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G4388; a setting forth that is (figuratively) proposal (intention); specifically the show bread (in the Temple) as exposed before God: - purpose shew [-bread].

Detailed definition

πρό-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
[in LXX: Exo.40:4, 23 (עֵרֶךְ), 1Ch.9:32, al. (מַעֲרֶכֶת), 2Ch.4:19 (פָּנִים), 1Ma.1:22, 2Ma.3:8, al.;]
1. a setting forth (Plat., Plut., al.): οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. (cf. LXX, ll. with, elsewhere ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι, Exo.25:29; οἱ ἄ. τοῦ προσώπου, Neh.10:33), Mat.12:4, Mrk.2:26, Luk.6:4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων, Heb.9:2.

2. a purpose (Mist., Polyb., al.; 2Mac, l.with): Act.11:23 27:13, Rom.8:28 9:11, Eph.1:11 3:11, 2Ti.1:9 3:10.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4286 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • purpose8
  • shewbread3

First verses

  1. Matthew 12:4
    How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
  2. Mark 2:26
    How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
  3. Luke 6:4
    How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
  4. Acts 11:23
    Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
  5. Acts 27:13
    And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
  6. Romans 8:28
    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  7. Romans 9:11
    (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
  8. Ephesians 1:11
    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
  9. Ephesians 3:11
    According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
  10. 2 Timothy 1:9
    Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
  11. 2 Timothy 3:10
    But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
  12. Hebrews 9:2
    For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ,
(προτίθημι) placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (προτίθημι 11), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 947b, 959a, 959e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.64.)]
2 public notice, αἱ π. τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1322a9.)]
3 statement of a case, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1414b8)]; ὑπέρ τινος τὴν πρόθεσιν ποιήσασθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.”)]; theme, thesis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.36, +others 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]: generally, proposition, statement, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 2.2.)]
4 πρόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖς.. προσόδοις to make payment in advance, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.32 A 41 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC).)]
5 offering, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 328.75 (3rd c.BC))], Gauthier et Sottas Decret trilingue [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ((3rd c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 1.13 P., “OGI” 90.48 (2nd c.BC), “UPZ” 149.21, 31 (2nd c.BC): especially in “VT”)] and NT, οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. the loaves laid before, shew-bread, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.1Ki.21.6(7), NT.Matt.12.4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων NT.Heb.9.2, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.294; ἡ τράπεζα τῆς π. LXX.2Ch.29.18.)]
II purpose, end proposed, ἐπαινῶ σὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 22.14 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., Epist. Darei), cf. Philipp. cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.167, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 47a5, 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.131, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.35.2, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.21.2, etc.; π. βίων 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus “Phgn.” 1.2)]; defined as σημείωσις ἐπιτελέσεως, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.41; κατὰ πρόθεσιν)]purposely, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.10.6; τὰ κατὰ π. φύντα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.144; τὰ κατὰ τὴν π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.54.1, compare “PTeb.” 27.81 (2nd c.BC).)]
II.2 goodwill, π. ἔχειν πρὸς ἔθνος, ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.73.2, “OGI” 765.44 (probable reading, Priene).)]
III supposition, calculation, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.32.1, 12.21.6.)]
IV Grammars, preposition, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.45, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 634.5, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 2, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 305.24, “Pron.” 64.5.)]
IV.2 prefixing, placing first, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 311.1, “Pron.” 58.16.)]
IV.3 π. καὶ πτῶσις perhaps stem (or root) and ending, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2.18.)]
V ={προθεσμία}, interpolated in [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]