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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4288. προθυμία (prothumia) -- Eagerness, willingness, readiness, zeal</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4288.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4288.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4288</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4287.htm" title="4287">◄</a> 4288. prothumia <a href="../greek/4289.htm" title="4289">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">prothumia: Eagerness, willingness, readiness, zeal</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">προθυμία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>prothumia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>pro-thoo-mee'-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(proth-oo-mee'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Eagerness, willingness, readiness, zeal<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>inclination, readiness, eagerness, willingness, promptness.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from πρόθυμος (prothumos), meaning "ready" or "willing."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "prothumia," the concept of eagerness or willingness can be related to Hebrew terms like חֵפֶץ (chephets), meaning "delight" or "desire," and נָדִיב (nadiv), meaning "willing" or "noble."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "prothumia" conveys a sense of eagerness or willingness, often associated with a readiness of mind or spirit to engage in an action or task. It reflects a positive and proactive attitude, characterized by zeal and enthusiasm. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the readiness and willingness of believers to serve, give, or participate in the work of the Lord.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "prothumia" was valued as a virtue, reflecting a person's readiness to act with enthusiasm and commitment. This attitude was seen as essential for both civic duty and personal relationships. In the context of early Christianity, "prothumia" was particularly significant as it denoted the believers' readiness to embrace and live out their faith, often in the face of persecution or hardship.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4288</b> <i>prothymía</i> (from <a href="/greek/4235.htm">4235</a> <i>/práos</i>, "before, in front of" and 2372 <i>thymós</i>, "passion") – properly, "before-passion" referring to someone who is <i>already being willing</i>, i.e. an eager disposition which is <i>pre-inclined</i> (already "<i>ready and willing</i>").</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4289.htm">prothumos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>eagerness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>eagerness (1), readiness (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4288: προθυμία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">προθυμία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">προθυμίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">πρόθυμος</span>), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">zeal, spirit, eagerness</span>; <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">inclination; readiness</span> of mind: so <a href="/interlinear/acts/17-11.htm">Acts 17:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-11.htm">2 Corinthians 8:11f, 19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-2.htm">2 Corinthians 9:2</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>readiness, eagerness<p>From <a href="/greek/4289.htm">prothumos</a>; predisposition, i.e. Alacrity -- forwardness of mind, readiness (of mind), ready (willing) mind. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4289.htm">prothumos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>προθυμια προθυμία προθυμιαν προθυμίαν προθυμιας προθυμίας prothumia prothumian prothumias prothymia prothymía prothymian prothymían prothymias prothymías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/17-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 17:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετὰ πάσης <b>προθυμίας</b> τὸ καθ'</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with great <span class="itali">eagerness,</span> examining<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">readiness of mind,</span> and searched<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/17-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with all <span class="itali">readiness</span> on the every<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/8-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 8:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καθάπερ ἡ <b>προθυμία</b> τοῦ θέλειν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that just <span class="itali">as [there was] the readiness</span> to desire<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> as <span class="itali">[there was] a readiness</span> to will,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> even as [there was] the <span class="itali">readiness</span> of the being willing<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 8:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γὰρ ἡ <b>προθυμία</b> πρόκειται καθὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For if <span class="itali">the readiness</span> is present,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be first <span class="itali">a willing mind,</span> [it is] accepted<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> indeed the <span class="itali">readiness</span> is present as<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/8-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 8:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δόξαν καὶ <b>προθυμίαν</b> ἡμῶν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Himself, <span class="itali">and [to show] our readiness,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and [declaration of] your <span class="itali">ready mind:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/8-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> glory and <span class="itali">[a witness of] readiness</span> our<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 9:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γὰρ τὴν <b>προθυμίαν</b> ὑμῶν ἣν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for I know <span class="itali">your readiness,</span> of which<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> your <span class="itali">mind,</span> for which<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> indeed the <span class="itali">readiness</span> of you which<p><b><a href="/greek/4288.htm">Strong's Greek 4288</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4288.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/prothumia_4288.htm">προθυμία — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/prothumian_4288.htm">προθυμίαν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/prothumias_4288.htm">προθυμίας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4287.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4287"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4287" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4289.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4289"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4289" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>