Strong G4288προθυμία
eagerness
- Transliteration
- prothumia
- Pronunciation
- proth-oo-mee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4289; predisposition that is alacrity: - forwardness of mind readiness (of mind) ready (willing) mind.
Detailed definition
προθυμία, -ας, ἡ
(πρόθυμος), [in LXX: Sir.45:23 *;]
eagerness, willingness, readiness: Act.17:11, 2Co.8:11-12 8:19 9:2.†
(AS)
(πρόθυμος), [in LXX: Sir.45:23 *;]
eagerness, willingness, readiness: Act.17:11, 2Co.8:11-12 8:19 9:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4288 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mind3
- forwardness1
- readiness1
First verses
- Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
- 2 Corinthians 9:2For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προθῡμ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, readiness, willingness, eagerness, ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι [ῑ] pepoiqw/s [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.588)]; opposed to ἀθυμία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.13; τῶν πέρι καί τινα ἐνάγει π. μαχόμενον ἀποθνῄσκειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49; προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 343; μηδὲν ἀπολείπειν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 961c; οὐ μὴν ἀνήσω νῦν π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 285; π. ἐμβαλεῖν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.13, etc.)]; πάσῃ π. with all zeal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 412e; διὰ τὴν π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.15)]; ὑπὸ προθυμίας by my eagerness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c: _plural_, τὰς ἄγαν π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 708.)]
2 with genitive person, ἐκ τῆς Κλεομένεος π. at his desire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.65, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1329)]; κατὰ τὴν τούτου π. as far as his desire goes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.124)]; τοῦ θεοῦ προθυμίᾳ by the will of the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1385; also ἡ ἐμὴ π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.99.)]
3 with genitive objecti, πᾶσαν π. σωτηρίης.. παρεχόμενοι showing the utmost zeal to save it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.98)]; π. ἔργου readiness for action, will or purpose to act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 669, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 616; π. τοῦ ἐθέλειν κινδυνεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 697d, compare 935d, etc.)]
4 π. ἔχειν, ={προθυμεῖσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.19, 53:c)]. infinitive, ἔσχε π. στρατεύσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.204, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 689; πᾶσαν π. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327b, compare 361c)]: also with participle, ἔφη πᾶσαν π. σχεῖν δεόμενος [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 23d; also π. ἔχειν ὅπως.. [prev. author] “Mx.” 247a.)]
II goodwill, ready kindness, Ἑλλήνων εἵνεκα ἔργον.. ἔργασμαι ὑπὸ προθυμίης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.45; εἴς τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.43)]; πλείστην π. περὶ ὑμᾶς, π. πολλὴν περί σε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 7.6.11, 7.7.45; ὑπέρ τινων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.8; π. ἐδείξαμεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74.)]
III desire of natural functions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.66, 2.20, 45; πρὸς τὸ κνᾶσθαι 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 5.129.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, readiness, willingness, eagerness, ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι [ῑ] pepoiqw/s [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.588)]; opposed to ἀθυμία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.13; τῶν πέρι καί τινα ἐνάγει π. μαχόμενον ἀποθνῄσκειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49; προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 343; μηδὲν ἀπολείπειν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 961c; οὐ μὴν ἀνήσω νῦν π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 285; π. ἐμβαλεῖν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.13, etc.)]; πάσῃ π. with all zeal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 412e; διὰ τὴν π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.15)]; ὑπὸ προθυμίας by my eagerness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c: _plural_, τὰς ἄγαν π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 708.)]
2 with genitive person, ἐκ τῆς Κλεομένεος π. at his desire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.65, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1329)]; κατὰ τὴν τούτου π. as far as his desire goes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.124)]; τοῦ θεοῦ προθυμίᾳ by the will of the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1385; also ἡ ἐμὴ π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.99.)]
3 with genitive objecti, πᾶσαν π. σωτηρίης.. παρεχόμενοι showing the utmost zeal to save it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.98)]; π. ἔργου readiness for action, will or purpose to act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 669, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 616; π. τοῦ ἐθέλειν κινδυνεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 697d, compare 935d, etc.)]
4 π. ἔχειν, ={προθυμεῖσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.19, 53:c)]. infinitive, ἔσχε π. στρατεύσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.204, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 689; πᾶσαν π. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327b, compare 361c)]: also with participle, ἔφη πᾶσαν π. σχεῖν δεόμενος [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 23d; also π. ἔχειν ὅπως.. [prev. author] “Mx.” 247a.)]
II goodwill, ready kindness, Ἑλλήνων εἵνεκα ἔργον.. ἔργασμαι ὑπὸ προθυμίης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.45; εἴς τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.43)]; πλείστην π. περὶ ὑμᾶς, π. πολλὴν περί σε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 7.6.11, 7.7.45; ὑπέρ τινων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.8; π. ἐδείξαμεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74.)]
III desire of natural functions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.66, 2.20, 45; πρὸς τὸ κνᾶσθαι 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 5.129.)]