What does ἑτοίμως (hetoímōs) mean in the Bible?
ἑτοίμως (hetoímōs): Willing promptness; eager readiness to act or respond without hesitation or resistance
Greek · G2093
ἑτοίμως
In readiness
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ἑτοίμως G2093
Pronunciation hetoímōs
What does ἑτοίμως (hetoímōs) mean in the Bible?
ἑτοίμως (hetoímōs): Willing promptness; eager readiness to act or respond without hesitation or resistance
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2093?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ready (3).
Where does ἑτοίμως (hetoímōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 21:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It ready 3× Acts 21:13, 2 Corinthians 12:14, 1 Peter 4:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 21:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἑτοίμως 3x hetoimōs Acts 21:13, 2 Corinthians 12:14, 1 Peter 4:5
Parsing patterns
Adverb 3x Acts 21:13, 2 Corinthians 12:14, 1 Peter 4:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Willing promptness; eager readiness to act or respond without hesitation or resistance
Strong's G2093
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
in readiness
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Willing promptness; eager readiness to act or respond without hesitation or resistance
adv. [in LXX: Est.7:17 ff, Dan LXX TH Dan.3:15 * ;] readily: 1Pe.4:5; ἑ. ἔχω, to be ready (Deiss., BS, 252; MM, Exp., xiv): with inf., Act.21:13, 2Co.12:14.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 21:13 Adverb
ἑτοίμως etoimwv
readily
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:14 Adverb
ἑτοίμως etoimwv
readily
Read verse 1 Peter 4:5 Adverb
ἑτοίμως etoimwv
readily
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Acts 21:13 · 2 Cor 12:14 · 1 Pet 4:5 3×
Word Origins
ἑτοίμως is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain