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Name of God’s Son

ΠΡΟΘΕΣΕΙ, προθεσει

PROTHESEI, prothesei

Sounds Like: pro-THEH-see

Translations: (to) purpose, (to) intention, (to) setting forth, (to) showbread

From the root: ΠΡΟΘΕΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a purpose, intention, or a setting forth. In a specific religious context, it can refer to 'showbread' or 'bread of the Presence', which was bread set before God in the Tabernacle or Temple. As a dative case, it indicates the indirect object, meaning 'to' or 'for' a purpose, intention, or showbread.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4286 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Clement of Alexandria
  • To the Newly Baptized — 1:5
Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s First Letter — 45:7
Codex Sinaiticus
  • Acts of the Apostles — 11:23
  • 2 Timothy — 3:10
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΘΕΣΙΣ.

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.

  • ΠΡΟΘΕΣΕΙΣ — purposes, intentions, proposals, showbread, a purpose, an intention, a proposal
  • ΠΡΟΘΕΣΕΩΣ — of setting forth, of a setting before, of a purpose, of a plan, of a proposal, of showbread
  • ΠΡΟΘΕΣΙΝ — purpose, a purpose, plan, a plan, intention, a intention, setting forth, a setting forth, showbread
  • ΠΡΟΘΕΣΙΟΥΣ — of setting forth, of a proposition, of a purpose, of a plan, of a showbread
  • ΠΡΟΘΕΣΙΣ — purpose, a purpose, intention, a setting forth, showbread, a showbread

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