ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō

Greek word for “to make ready” · Strong’s G2090 · used 40 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

ἑτοιμάζω; (ἕτοιμος); to prepare, make ready;

How it is translated

Glosses given for hetoimazō in context, with how often each is used:

• prepared 12
• do prepare 9
• has been prepared 2
• have prepared 2
• may prepare 2
• make ready 2
• prepare 2
• has prepared 2
• did prepare — 1
• having prepared 1
• may prepare? 1
• had prepared 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 22 (4), Mark 14 (3), Matthew 25 (2), Matthew 26 (2), Luke 1 (2), Luke 12 (2), John 14 (2), Revelation 9 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 20 (1)

Forms

• ἑτοιμάσατε 7
• ἡτοίμασαν 6
• ἑτοιμάσαι 4
• ἡτοιμασμένον 3
• ἡτοίμασεν 3
• ἡτοίμασται 2
• ἡτοιμασμένην 2
• ἑτοιμάσωμεν 2
• ἡτοίμασας 2
• ἡτοίμακα 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hetoimazō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πάσχα pascha “Passover lamb” 6
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 6
• τρίβος tribos “path” 3
• ὁδός hodos “road” 5
• εὐθύς euthus “Straight” 3
• ἔρημος erēmos “deserted” 4
• εὐώνυμος euōnumos “left/south” 3
• βοάω boaō “to cry out” 3
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 4
• ἀνώγεον anōgeon “an upper room” 2
• ποῦ pou “where?” 3
• ἐρέω rheō, ereō “to say” 3

Key verses

The verses using hetoimazō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matthew 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Luke 1:17 — And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just;…
• Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
• Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Luke 12:47 — And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
• John 14:2 — In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
• John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• 1 Corinthians 2:9 — But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
• Hebrews 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
• Revelation 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
• Revelation 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.