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πρόθεσις prothesis · G4286

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purpose

πρό-θεσις, -εως, ἡ ; [in LXX: Exo.40:4, 23 (עֵרֶךְ), 1Ch.9:32, al. (מַעֲרֶכֶת), 2Ch.4:19 (פָּנִים), 1Ma.1:22, 2Ma.3:8, al. ; ] ; 1. a setting forth (Plat., Plut., al.): οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. (cf. LXX, ll. with, elsewhere ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι, Exo.25:29; οἱ ἄ. τοῦ προσώπου, Neh.10:33), Mat.12:4, Mrk.2:26, Luk.6:4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων, Heb.9:2. ; 2. a purpose (Mist., Polyb., al.; 2Mac, l.with): Act.11:23 27:13, Rom.8:28 9:11, Eph.1:11 3:11, 2Ti.1:9 3:10.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ, ; (προτίθημι) placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out []; 2 public notice, αἱ π. τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων []; 3 statement of a case, []; ὑπέρ τινος τὴν πρόθεσιν ποιήσασθαι []; theme, thesis, []: generally, proposition, statement, []; 4 πρόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖς.. προσόδοις to make payment in advance, []; 5 offering, [], Gauthier et Sottas Decret trilingue [] and NT, οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. the loaves laid before, shew-bread, []; II purpose, end proposed, ἐπαινῶ σὴν π. []; defined as …

Where it's used 12 times

Matthew 12:4 · Mark 2:26 · Luke 6:4 · Acts 11:23 · Acts 27:13 · Romans 8:28 · Romans 9:11 · Ephesians 1:11 · Ephesians 3:11 · 2 Timothy 1:9 · 2 Timothy 3:10 · Hebrews 9:2

Source: TBESG G4286; TFLSJ G4286

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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