What does προθυμία (prothymía) mean in the Bible?
προθυμία (prothymía): Eagerness that manifests as willing, active readiness; the disposition preceding voluntary action.
Greek · G4288
προθυμία
Eagerness
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προθυμίαG4288
Pronunciationprothymía
What does προθυμία (prothymía) mean in the Bible?
προθυμία (prothymía): Eagerness that manifests as willing, active readiness; the disposition preceding voluntary action.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4288?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eagerness (2), eagerness [to help] (2), eager (1).
Where does προθυμία (prothymía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:11. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (4), 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 Iteagerness2×Acts 17:11, 2 Corinthians 8:12
eagerness [to help]2×2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:2
eager1×2 Corinthians 8:11
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 17:11προθυμίαςtoeagernessNoun - Genitive Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 8:11προθυμίαtoeagerNoun - Nominative Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 8:12προθυμίαtoeagernessNoun - Nominative Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 8:19προθυμίανtoeagerness [to help]Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 9:2προθυμίανtoeagerness [to help]Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 17:11
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Acts12 Corinthians4
Source forms
προθυμία2xprothymia2 Corinthians 8:11, 2 Corinthians 8:12
προθυμίαν2xprothymian2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:2
προθυμίας1xprothymiasActs 17:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2x2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:2
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular2x2 Corinthians 8:11, 2 Corinthians 8:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 17:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Eagerness that manifests as willing, active readiness; the disposition preceding voluntary action.
Strong'sG4288
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
eagerness
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Eagerness that manifests as willing, active readiness; the disposition preceding voluntary action.
(πρόθυμος), [in LXX: Sir.45:23 * ;] eagerness, willingness, readiness: Act.17:11, 2Co.8:11-12 8:19 9:2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:11Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
προθυμίας,proqumiav
inclination, readiness
Read verse2 Corinthians 8:11Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
προθυμίαproqumia
inclination, readiness
Read verse2 Corinthians 8:12Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
προθυμίαproqumia
inclination, readiness
Read verse2 Corinthians 8:19Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προθυμίανproqumian
inclination, readiness
Read verse2 Corinthians 9:2Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προθυμίανproqumian
inclination, readiness
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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 8:11 · 2 Cor 8:122×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 17:111×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 8:19 · 2 Cor 9:22×
Word Origins
προθυμία is built from this root: