Strong's Greek: 2092. ἕτοιμος (hetoimos) -- Ready, prepared

Strong's Lexicon

hetoimos: Ready, prepared

Original Word: ἕτοιμος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hetoimos
Pronunciation: heh'-toy-mos
Phonetic Spelling: (het-oy'-mos)
Definition: Ready, prepared
Meaning: ready, prepared.

Word Origin: Derived from an old noun ἑτοιμότης (hetoimotēs), meaning readiness or preparation.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is כּוּן (kun), Strong's Hebrew 3559, which means to be firm, established, or prepared.

Usage: The Greek word "hetoimos" conveys the idea of being ready or prepared for a task or event. It is often used in the New Testament to describe a state of readiness, whether it be for a physical journey, a spiritual task, or the return of Christ. The term implies a sense of anticipation and preparedness, both physically and spiritually.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, readiness was a valued trait, especially in military and civic contexts. Soldiers needed to be ready for battle, and citizens were expected to be prepared for civic duties. In the Jewish context, readiness also had a spiritual dimension, as seen in the preparation for the Sabbath and other religious observances. The New Testament writers used "hetoimos" to encourage believers to be spiritually prepared for the coming of the Lord and to live lives that reflect readiness for His return.

HELPS Word-studies

2092 hétoimos (from heteos, "fitting") – ready because prepared; "standing by," ready to meet the opportunity (challenge) at hand; ready because the necessary preparations are done (or are sure to happen as needed).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
prepared
NASB Translation
accomplished (1), opportune (1), ready (15).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2092: ἕτοιμος

ἕτοιμος (on the accent cf. (Chandler § 394); Winer's Grammar, 52 (51)), ἑτοίμη (2 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Peter 1:5), ἕτοιμον, and ἕτοιμος, ἕτοιμον (Matthew 25:10 (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157a; Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; Buttmann, 25 (22))); from Homer down; prepared, ready;

a. of things: Matthew 22:4, 8, ((Luke 14:17)); Mark 14:15 (L brackets ἑτοιμάσατε); 2 Corinthians 9:5; ready to hand: τά ἕτοιμα, the things (made) ready (in advance by others), i. e. the Christian churches already founded by them, 2 Corinthians 10:16; equivalent to opportune, seasonable, ὁ καιρός, John 7:6; σωτηρία ἑτοίμη ἀποκαλουφθῆναι, on the point of being revealed, 1 Peter 1:5.

b. of persons; ready, prepared: to do something, Acts 23:21; to receive one coming, Matthew 24:44; Matthew 25:10; Luke 12:40; πρός τί, for (the doing of) a thing, Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 3:15; followed by the infinitive (cf. Buttmann, 260 (224)), Luke 22:33; by τοῦ with an infinitive, Acts 23:15 (Buttmann, § 140, 15; Winer's Grammar, § 44, 4 a.); ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἔχω, to be in readiness, followed by the infinitive (Philo, leg. ad Gai. § 34 under the end): 2 Corinthians 10:6 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 332 (311)). (For נָכון, Exodus 19:11, 15; Joshua 8:4, etc.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

prepared, made ready.

From an old noun heteos (fitness); adjusted, i.e. Ready -- prepared, (made) ready(-iness, to our hand).

Forms and Transliterations

ετοιμα έτοιμα έτοιμά ἕτοιμα ἕτοιμά ετοίμη ετοιμην ετοίμην ἑτοίμην ετοιμοι έτοιμοι έτοιμοί ἕτοιμοι ἕτοιμοί ετοιμον έτοιμον ἕτοιμον ετοιμος έτοιμος έτοιμός ἕτοιμος ἕτοιμός ετοίμου ετοιμους ετοίμους ἑτοίμους ετοιμω ετοίμω ἑτοίμῳ etoima etoimen etoimēn etoimo etoimō etoimoi etoimon etoimos etoimous hetoima hétoima hétoimá hetoimen hetoimēn hetoímen hetoímēn hetoimo hetoimō hetoimoi hetoímoi hetoímōi hétoimoi hétoimoí hetoimon hétoimon hetoimos hétoimos hétoimós hetoimous hetoímous

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