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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: 4388. προτίθεμαι (protithémi) -- To set forth, to propose, to purpose, to plan</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4388.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/acts/13-34.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/4388.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> > 4388</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/4387.htm" title="4387">◄</a> 4388. protithémi <a href="../greek/4389.htm" title="4389">►</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">protithémi: To set forth, to propose, to purpose, to plan</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">προτίθημι</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>protithémi<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>pro-TITH-ay-mee<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(prot-ith'-em-ahee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To set forth, to propose, to purpose, to plan<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I purpose, design beforehand, determine.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From πρό (pro, "before") and τίθημι (tithémi, "to place or set")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "protithémi," the concept of God's purposes and plans is often expressed in Hebrew through words like "חָשַׁב" (chashav, Strong's H2803, meaning "to think, plan, or purpose") and "יָעַץ" (ya'ats, Strong's H3289, meaning "to advise, counsel, or purpose").<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek verb "protithémi" primarily means to set forth or to propose something. It conveys the idea of presenting or laying out a plan or purpose. In the New Testament, it is often used in the context of God's divine purposes or plans being set forth for humanity. The term implies intentionality and forethought, highlighting the deliberate nature of God's actions and decisions.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of setting forth a plan or purpose was significant in both philosophical and practical contexts. Philosophers often discussed the purposes of life and the universe, while in everyday life, setting forth a plan was crucial for governance, military strategy, and personal affairs. In the Jewish context, the idea of God's purposes being set forth was deeply rooted in the understanding of God's sovereignty and providence, as seen throughout the Hebrew Scriptures.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 4388</b> <i>protíthemai</i> (from <a href="/greek/4253.htm">4253</a> <i>/pró</i>, "towards" and <a href="/greek/5087.htm">5087</a> <i>/títhēmi</i>, "to place, set") – properly, to place before, setting forth in advance to achieve a particular <i>purpose</i>.</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/4388.htm">4388</a> <i>/protíthemai</i> ("to purpose") is the root of <a href="/greek/4286.htm">4286</a> <i>/próthesis</i> ("God's <i>providence</i>, eternal <i>purpose</i>), see <i>NAS dictionary</i> and <i>Zodhiates Dictionary</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/4253.htm">pro</a> and <a href="/greek/5087.htm">tithémi</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to set before, i.e. propose<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>displayed publicly (1), planned (1), purposed (1).<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 4388: προτίθημι</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">προτίθημι</span></span>: 2 aorist middle <span class="greek2">προεθέμην</span>; (from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to place before, to set forth</span> (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πρό</span></span>, d. <span class="greek2">ἆ</span>.); specifically, <span class="accented">to set forth to be looked at, expose to view</span>: <a href="/interlinear/exodus/40-4.htm">Exodus 40:4</a>; 4 Macc. 8:11; <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> v. h. 14, 8; and often in the middle in this sense: <span class="greek2">ποτήρια</span> <span class="greek2">ἀργυρεα</span> <span class="greek2">τέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">χρυσεα</span>, <span class="accented">his own</span> cups, <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 3, 148; <span class="accented">to expose to public view,</span> in which sense it is the technical term with profane authors in speaking of the bodies of the dead (to let lie in state) (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, under the word, I. 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 1); Stallbaum on <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, Phaedo, p. 115 e.; (<span class="abbreviation">Krüger</span> on <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 2, 34, 1)); the middle points to the owner of the thing exposed: so with <span class="greek2">τινα</span> and a predicate accusative. <a href="/interlinear/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a> (the middle seems to denote that it was his own Son whom he thus <span class="accented">set forth</span>; cf. 8:32). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> Middle <span class="accented">to set before oneself, propose to oneself; to purpose, determine</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, others): followed by the infinitive <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-13.htm">Romans 1:13</a>; with an accusative of the thing and <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτῷ</span> ((sic); see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">αὑτοῦ</span></span>) added, <span class="accented">in himself</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 38, 6; (cf. p. 152 (144))), <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-9.htm">Ephesians 1:9</a>; (others (reading <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτῷ</span> with <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>) render 'in him,' i. e. (probably) Christ).<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>purpose, set forth. <p>Middle voice from <a href="/greek/4253.htm">pro</a> and <a href="/greek/5087.htm">tithemi</a>; to place before, i.e. (for oneself) to exhibit; (to oneself) to propose (determine) -- purpose, set forth. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4253.htm">pro</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5087.htm">tithemi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>προεθεμην προεθέμην προέθεντο προέθεντό προεθετο προέθετο προθήσεις προσέθηκεν προτεθειμένοις προτεθειμένων προτεθέντας προτεθέντος προτομαί proethemen proethemēn proethémen proethémēn proetheto proétheto<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/romans/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular">V-AIM-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι πολλάκις <b>προεθέμην</b> ἐλθεῖν πρὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that often <span class="itali">I have planned</span> to come<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> oftentimes <span class="itali">I purposed</span> to come<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that many times <span class="itali">I purposed</span> to come to<p><b><a href="/text/romans/3-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 3:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIM-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὃν <b>προέθετο</b> ὁ θεὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> God <span class="itali">displayed publicly</span> as a propitiation<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> God <span class="itali">hath set forth</span> [to be] a propitiation<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/3-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> whom <span class="itali">set forth</span> God<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 1:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIM-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῦ ἣν <b>προέθετο</b> ἐν αὐτῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which <span class="itali">He purposed</span> in Him<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> which <span class="itali">he hath purposed</span> in<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of him which <span class="itali">he purposed</span> in himself<p><b><a href="/greek/4388.htm">Strong's Greek 4388</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4388.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/proetheme_n_4388.htm">προεθέμην — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/proetheto_4388.htm">προέθετο — 2 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'; 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