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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προθυμία G4288
Pronunciation prothymía
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 It eagerness 2× Acts 17:11, 2 Corinthians 8:12
eagerness [to help] 2× 2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:2
eager 1× 2 Corinthians 8:11
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 17:11 προθυμίας to eagerness Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 8:11 προθυμία to eager Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 8:12 προθυμία to eagerness Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 8:19 προθυμίαν to eagerness [to help] Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 9:2 προθυμίαν to eagerness [to help] Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 17:11
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Acts 1 2 Corinthians 4
Source forms
προθυμία 2x prothymia 2 Corinthians 8:11, 2 Corinthians 8:12
προθυμίαν 2x prothymian 2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:2
προθυμίας 1x prothymias Acts 17:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x 2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 9:2
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x 2 Corinthians 8:11, 2 Corinthians 8:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 17:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Eagerness that manifests as willing, active readiness; the disposition preceding voluntary action.
Strong's G4288
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
eagerness
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 17:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
προθυμίας, proqumiav
inclination, readiness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 8:11 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
προθυμία proqumia
inclination, readiness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 8:12 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
προθυμία proqumia
inclination, readiness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 8:19 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προθυμίαν proqumian
inclination, readiness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 9:2 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προθυμίαν proqumian
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 8:11 · 2 Cor 8:12 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 17:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 8:19 · 2 Cor 9:2 2×
Word Origins
προθυμία 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