Word Summary
proetoimazō: to prepare before
Original Word: προετοιμάζωTransliteration: proetoimazō
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-et-oy-mad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prepare before
Meaning: to prepare before
Strong's Concordance
ordain before, prepare afore.
From pro and hetoimazo; to fit up in advance (literally or figuratively) -- ordain before, prepare afore.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK hetoimazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4282: προετοιμάζωπροετοιμάζω: 1 aorist
προητοίμασα;
to prepare before, to make ready beforehand:
ἅ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν, i. e. for whom he appointed glory beforehand (i. e., from eternity), and, accordingly, rendered them fit to receive it,
Romans 9:23; to prepare beforehand in mind and purpose, i. e. to decree,
Ephesians 2:10, where
οἷς stands by attraction for
ἅ (cf.
Winers Grammar, 149 (141);
Buttmann, § 143, 8). (
Isaiah 28:24; Wis. 9:8;
Herodotus,
Philo,
Josephus,
Plutarch,
Geoponica, others.)