Purpose
πρόθεσιςStrong’s G4286prothesis
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prothesis is the Greek word usually translated “purpose”, “presentation” and “resolute purpose”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?”
Meaning
Usually translated “purpose”, “presentation” and “resolute purpose”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- purpose 7
- presentation 4
- with resolute purpose 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Romans 2
- Ephesians 2
- 2 Timothy 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 2:26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
- Luke 6:4How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
- Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
- Acts 27:13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
- Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Romans 9:11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Greek dictionary
πρόθεσις prothesis · 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “purpose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PUR'POSE, noun
[Latin propositum, propono; pro, before, and pono, to set or place.]
- That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure or exertion.
- Intention; design.“Every purpose is established by counsel” Proverbs 20:18“Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:11
- End; effect; consequence, good or bad.“To what purpose is this waste?” Matthew 26:8
- Instance; example. [Not in use.]
All definitions and other forms of “purpose”
- Conversation. [Not in use.]
PUR'POSE, verb intransitive
To intend; to design; to resolve; to determine on some end or object to be accomplished.
- “I have purposed it, I will also do it” Isaiah 46:11“Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem” Acts 19:21
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.