ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΗΣΘΕ, προετοιμασησθε
PROETOIMASĒSTHE, proetoimasēsthe
Sounds Like: proh-eh-toy-MAH-sees-theh
Translations: you were prepared, you were made ready, you prepared yourselves, you made yourselves ready
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning "to prepare beforehand" or "to make ready in advance." It is formed from the preposition πρό (pro), meaning "before" or "in front of," and the verb ἑτοιμάζω (hetoimazō), meaning "to prepare" or "to make ready." It describes an action of getting something or oneself ready ahead of time, often with a sense of foresight or prearrangement. It can be used in both a passive sense (to be prepared) or a middle sense (to prepare oneself).
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle or Passive, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G4282 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 2:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΖΟΥΣΑ — preparing, making ready, getting ready, a preparing
- ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΖΩ — to prepare beforehand, to make ready beforehand, to predestine
- ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΖΩΝ — preparing beforehand, making ready beforehand, predestining
- ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΑΣ — you prepared beforehand, you predestined, you made ready in advance
- ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΕΙ — will prepare beforehand, will make ready beforehand
- ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΗΣΘΑΙ — to prepare beforehand, to make ready in advance, to be prepared beforehand
- ΠΡΟΗΤΟΙΜΑΣΑΣ — you prepared beforehand, you predestined, you made ready in advance
- ΠΡΟΗΤΟΙΜΑΣΕΝ — he prepared beforehand, he predestined, he appointed beforehand
- ΠΡΟΗΤΟΙΜΑΣΜΕΝΑ — prepared beforehand, made ready beforehand, things prepared beforehand
- ΠΡΟΗΤΟΙΜΑΣΜΕΝΗΝ — prepared beforehand, made ready beforehand, foreordained, predestined
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