πρόθεσις prothesis

Greek word for “purpose” · Strong’s G4286 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

πρό-θεσις, -εως, ἡ; 1.

How it is translated

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

• purpose 6
• presentation 4
• resolute purpose 1
• his purpose 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 12 (1), Mark 2 (1), Luke 6 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 27 (1), Romans 8 (1), Romans 9 (1), Ephesians 1 (1), Ephesians 3 (1), 2 Timothy 1 (1)

Forms

• προθέσεως 4
• πρόθεσιν 4
• προθέσει 2
• πρόθεσις 2

Words used with it

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

• ἄρτος artos “bread” 4
• ἔξεστι exesti, exon “be permitted” 3
• ἱερεύς hiereus “priest” 3
• κατά kata “according to” 5
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 3
• οἶκος oikos “house” 3
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 3
• ἀγαθός agathos “good” 2
• πῶς pōs “how?!” 2
• μόνος monos “alone” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 3

Key verses

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

• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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.
• Acts 27:13 — And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
• 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.
• 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…
• 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:
• Ephesians 3:11 — According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
• 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…
• 2 Timothy 3:10 — But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
• 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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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.