Strong G4287προθεσμία
set time
- Transliteration
- prothesmios
- Pronunciation
- proth-es'-mee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-θέσμιος, -α, -ον
[in Sm.: Job.28:3, Dan.9:26 *;]
appointed beforehand. In Attic law, as subst. (so always in cl.), ἡ π. (sc. ἡμέρα), a day appointed beforehand, a previously appointed time: Gal.4:2.†
(AS)
[in Sm.: Job.28:3, Dan.9:26 *;]
appointed beforehand. In Attic law, as subst. (so always in cl.), ἡ π. (sc. ἡμέρα), a day appointed beforehand, a previously appointed time: Gal.4:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4287 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- appointed1
First verses
- Galatians 4:2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προθεσμ-ία
(i.e. ἡμέρα), ἡ, day appointed beforehand, a fixed or limited time, within which money was to be paid, actions brought, claims made, elections held, etc., and if this period was allowed to expire, no further proceedings were allowed, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.25, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.39)]; ἐὰν ἡ π. ἐξήκῃ is past, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.41.9; τριετὴς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.27, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.5.10.)]
2 generally, fixed or appointed time, προθεσμίας οὔσης τῷ κινδύνῳ [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17; π. ἀδικημάτων [prev. author] 13.83; μηδεμίαν εἶναι π. τῆς ἐπιλήψεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954e; τῆς προθεσμίας ὀλίγης εἰς τὴν χειροτονίαν οὔσης 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.14, cf. NT.Gal.4.2, “OGI” 509.21 (Aphrodisias, 2nd c.AD))]; οὐκ ἐτήρησε τὴν π. τῆς θεοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 4.649 (Lydia, 2nd c.AD))]; π. φυσικὴ [νόσου] natural period, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.289; ἡ π. τῆς καθάρσεως 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.10, compare 1.21, +others: _plural_, τρεῖς τοῦ μηνὸς ἀρχαὶ καὶ π. (Kalends, Nones and Ides) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.269b; προθεσμίας ὁριζομένους ἑορτάς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 27.)]
3 occasion of delay, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.5.1.)]
II προθέσμιος, α, ον, adjective foreappointed, Ἔφεσος, ἡ π. τῶν γάμων (i.e. πόλις) [Refs (Ach. Tat. 5.21.)]
(i.e. ἡμέρα), ἡ, day appointed beforehand, a fixed or limited time, within which money was to be paid, actions brought, claims made, elections held, etc., and if this period was allowed to expire, no further proceedings were allowed, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.25, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.39)]; ἐὰν ἡ π. ἐξήκῃ is past, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.41.9; τριετὴς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.27, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.5.10.)]
2 generally, fixed or appointed time, προθεσμίας οὔσης τῷ κινδύνῳ [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17; π. ἀδικημάτων [prev. author] 13.83; μηδεμίαν εἶναι π. τῆς ἐπιλήψεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954e; τῆς προθεσμίας ὀλίγης εἰς τὴν χειροτονίαν οὔσης 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.14, cf. NT.Gal.4.2, “OGI” 509.21 (Aphrodisias, 2nd c.AD))]; οὐκ ἐτήρησε τὴν π. τῆς θεοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 4.649 (Lydia, 2nd c.AD))]; π. φυσικὴ [νόσου] natural period, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.289; ἡ π. τῆς καθάρσεως 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.10, compare 1.21, +others: _plural_, τρεῖς τοῦ μηνὸς ἀρχαὶ καὶ π. (Kalends, Nones and Ides) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.269b; προθεσμίας ὁριζομένους ἑορτάς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 27.)]
3 occasion of delay, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.5.1.)]
II προθέσμιος, α, ον, adjective foreappointed, Ἔφεσος, ἡ π. τῶν γάμων (i.e. πόλις) [Refs (Ach. Tat. 5.21.)]