To make ready

Usually translated “do prepare”, “prepared” and “we may prepare”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• do prepare 9
• prepared 9
• we may prepare 3
• they prepared 3
• it has been prepared 2
• to make ready 2
• to prepare 2
• i have prepared 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Luke 14
• Matthew 7
• Revelation 7
• Mark 5
• John 2
• Acts 1

10 books in all.

• Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Matthew 20:23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
• Matthew 22:4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
• Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Matthew 26:17Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “prepared” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.