ΠΡΟΠΑΡΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΝ, προπαρεσκευασαν
PROPARESKEUASAN, propareskeuasan
Sounds Like: pro-par-es-KEV-ah-san
Translations: they prepared beforehand, they made ready beforehand, they got ready beforehand
From the root: ΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb, formed from the prefixes πρό (pro, meaning 'before' or 'in advance') and παρά (para, meaning 'beside' or 'alongside'), combined with the verb σκευάζω (skeuazo, meaning 'to prepare' or 'to make ready'). The combined meaning is 'to prepare beforehand' or 'to make ready in advance'. It describes an action of preparation that takes place prior to an event, often implying a thorough or complete readiness.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s numbers: G4304 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3844 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were prepared, they were equipped, they were made ready
- ἘΝΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΝΤΟ — they prepared, they equipped, they furnished, they made ready
- ἘΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΟΝ — they were preparing, they were equipping, they were furnishing, they were repairing
- ἘΠΙΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΝ — they prepared, they equipped, they furnished, they fitted out
- ἘΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΤΟ — was preparing, was equipping, was making ready, was getting ready
- ἘΣΚΕΥΑΚΟΤΙ — (to) having prepared, (to) having equipped, (to) having made ready
- ἘΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΝ — they prepared, they equipped, they made ready
- ἘΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΟΝ — prepared, equipped, furnished, made ready, a prepared thing, an equipped thing
- ἘΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΩΝ — of those having been prepared, of those having been equipped, of those having been furnished, of those having been made ready
- ΕΝΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΤΟ — was being prepared, was being equipped, was being furnished
- ΠΡΟΣΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ — to prepare beforehand, to make ready in advance
- ΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΙ — he prepares, she prepares, it prepares, he makes ready, she makes ready, it makes ready
- ΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΤΑΙ — is prepared, is made ready, is equipped, is furnished
- ΣΚΕΥΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being prepared, being made ready, being equipped, being furnished
- ΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ — prepare, make ready, furnish, construct, build, equip
- ΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΙ — to prepare, to make ready, to equip, to furnish
- ΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΣΑ — having prepared, having made ready, having arranged, having furnished
- ΣΚΕΥΑΣΗ — to prepare, to make ready, to equip, to furnish, to arrange, to construct
- ΣΚΕΥΑΣΤΟΝ — prepared, made ready, made, manufactured, constructed
- ΣΚΟΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having prepared, having made ready, having equipped, having furnished
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