Strong G4307πρόνοια
foresight
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- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4306; forethought that is provident care or supply: - providence provision.
Detailed definition
πρόνοια, -ας, ἡ
(πρόνοος, careful) [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) Wis.14:3 17:2, 4Mac.6:1-35 *;]
foresight, forethought: Act.24:3; π. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive (Dem., 546, 6), make provision for, show care for: Rom.13:14.†
(AS)
(πρόνοος, careful) [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) Wis.14:3 17:2, 4Mac.6:1-35 *;]
foresight, forethought: Act.24:3; π. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive (Dem., 546, 6), make provision for, show care for: Rom.13:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4307 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- providence1
- provision1
First verses
- Acts 24:2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
- Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πρόνοια,
Ionic dialect προν-οίη, ἡ, (πρόνοος) perceiving beforehand, foresight, foreknowledge, τοὖπος τὸ θεοπρόπον τᾶς παλαιφάτου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 823 (Lyric poetry); προνοίαισι τοῦ πεπρωμένου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 684 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 ={πρόγνωσις}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.b, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18 (2).8.)]
II foresight, forethought, ἐπῄνεσ᾽.. πρόνοιαν ἣν ἔθου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 536; π. δ᾽ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφής [prev. author] “OT” 978)]; προνοίας οὕνεκα so far as foresight, caution is required, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 774, compare “El.” 1015; ἐκ προνοίης)]with forethought, purposely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 159, etc.)]; opposed to κατὰ τύχην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.87, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241e)]; ἀπὸ προνοίας τινῶν by their precautions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.95; τὴν π. τὴν ές ἡμέας ἔχουσαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144)]; προνοίᾳ τῶν συγγενῶν, φίλων, τῆς πόλεως, by care for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.56)]; especially of crimes committed with design or malice prepense, ἐκ προνοίας τραῦμα, ἐκ π. φόνοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.212, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.6, etc.; ἐκ π. ἀποθνῄσκειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.22, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.28)]; τὰ ἐκ π., opposed to ἀκούσια, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1300b26)]; so οὐδεμία π. ἐστι τραύματος no intention of wounding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.41)]; πρόνοιαν ἔχειν (or ἴσχειν) τινός to take thought for.., show care for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1061, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, etc.; περί τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 283; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.9; ἡ τοῦ χόρτου π. “PFlor.” 131.7 (3rd c.AD), compare 148.2 (3rd c.AD): with)]infinitive, πολλὴν π. εἶχεν εὐσχήμως (perhaps εὐσχήμων) πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 569)]; πολλὴν π. ἔχειν μέλλοντας.. to beware of doing a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.91; π. ποιεῖσθαί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.97, etc.: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.38.)]
II.2 providence, τοῦ θείου ἡ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; τοῦ θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1180; θεία π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 637 (troch.); πρόνοιαι θεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44c)]: absolutely, divine providence, προνοίας ἔργῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.6, etc., compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.44, Cleanth.[prev. work]121, Chrysipp. [prev. work]2.168, +others (περὶ προνοίας as title of one of his works, [prev. work]3.203).)]
II.3 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for five, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 31.)]
II.4 office of προνοητής, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 472.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
III Πρόνοια Ἀθηνᾶ Athena as goddess of Forethought, under which name she was worshipped at Delphi, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.34, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.14, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 25, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.8.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.825b, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.149b, etc.; at Delos _accusative_ to 4th-5th c.AD: Macrobius Grammaticus “Sat.” 1.17.55, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.97 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “Or.” 37(2).26; also Ἰουλία θεὰ Σεβαστὴ Π. “IG” 3.461)]: this name of Athena, which is guaranteed by the context in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator, 4th-5th c.AD: Macrobius Grammaticus 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc., seems to have been a distortion of the name Προναία or Προνᾴα (see. πρόναος 1), but πρόνοια is _falsa lectio_ for{Προναία} (or Προνᾴα) in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator (see. πρόναος 1), and 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc. should perhaps be corrected.)]
Ionic dialect προν-οίη, ἡ, (πρόνοος) perceiving beforehand, foresight, foreknowledge, τοὖπος τὸ θεοπρόπον τᾶς παλαιφάτου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 823 (Lyric poetry); προνοίαισι τοῦ πεπρωμένου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 684 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 ={πρόγνωσις}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.b, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18 (2).8.)]
II foresight, forethought, ἐπῄνεσ᾽.. πρόνοιαν ἣν ἔθου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 536; π. δ᾽ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφής [prev. author] “OT” 978)]; προνοίας οὕνεκα so far as foresight, caution is required, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 774, compare “El.” 1015; ἐκ προνοίης)]with forethought, purposely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, 159, etc.)]; opposed to κατὰ τύχην, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.87, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241e)]; ἀπὸ προνοίας τινῶν by their precautions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.95; τὴν π. τὴν ές ἡμέας ἔχουσαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144)]; προνοίᾳ τῶν συγγενῶν, φίλων, τῆς πόλεως, by care for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.56)]; especially of crimes committed with design or malice prepense, ἐκ προνοίας τραῦμα, ἐκ π. φόνοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.212, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.6, etc.; ἐκ π. ἀποθνῄσκειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.22, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.28)]; τὰ ἐκ π., opposed to ἀκούσια, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1300b26)]; so οὐδεμία π. ἐστι τραύματος no intention of wounding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.41)]; πρόνοιαν ἔχειν (or ἴσχειν) τινός to take thought for.., show care for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1061, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, etc.; περί τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 283; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.9; ἡ τοῦ χόρτου π. “PFlor.” 131.7 (3rd c.AD), compare 148.2 (3rd c.AD): with)]infinitive, πολλὴν π. εἶχεν εὐσχήμως (perhaps εὐσχήμων) πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 569)]; πολλὴν π. ἔχειν μέλλοντας.. to beware of doing a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.91; π. ποιεῖσθαί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.97, etc.: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.38.)]
II.2 providence, τοῦ θείου ἡ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108; τοῦ θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1180; θεία π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 637 (troch.); πρόνοιαι θεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44c)]: absolutely, divine providence, προνοίας ἔργῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.6, etc., compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.44, Cleanth.[prev. work]121, Chrysipp. [prev. work]2.168, +others (περὶ προνοίας as title of one of his works, [prev. work]3.203).)]
II.3 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for five, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 31.)]
II.4 office of προνοητής, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 472.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
III Πρόνοια Ἀθηνᾶ Athena as goddess of Forethought, under which name she was worshipped at Delphi, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.34, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.14, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 25, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.8.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.825b, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.149b, etc.; at Delos _accusative_ to 4th-5th c.AD: Macrobius Grammaticus “Sat.” 1.17.55, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.97 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “Or.” 37(2).26; also Ἰουλία θεὰ Σεβαστὴ Π. “IG” 3.461)]: this name of Athena, which is guaranteed by the context in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator, 4th-5th c.AD: Macrobius Grammaticus 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc., seems to have been a distortion of the name Προναία or Προνᾴα (see. πρόναος 1), but πρόνοια is _falsa lectio_ for{Προναία} (or Προνᾴα) in 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator (see. πρόναος 1), and 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc. should perhaps be corrected.)]