What does προνοέω (pronoéō) mean in the Bible?
προνοέω (pronoéō): To provide or arrange for beforehand, emphasizing deliberate advance planning rather than mere spontaneous care.
Greek · G4306
προνοέω
To care for
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προνοέω G4306
Pronunciation pronoéō
What does προνοέω (pronoéō) mean in the Bible?
προνοέω (pronoéō): To provide or arrange for beforehand, emphasizing deliberate advance planning rather than mere spontaneous care.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4306?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Carefully consider (1), does not provide for (1), we are taking great care to do (1).
Where does προνοέω (pronoéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 12:17. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Romans (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 Carefully consider 1× Romans 12:17
does not provide for 1× 1 Timothy 5:8
we are taking great care to do 1× 2 Corinthians 8:21
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 12:17 προνοούμενοι to Carefully consider Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 2 Corinthians 8:21 προνοοῦμεν to we are taking great care to do Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1 Timothy 5:8 προνοεῖ to does not provide for Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 12:17
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Romans 1 2 Corinthians 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
προνοεῖ 1x pronoei 1 Timothy 5:8
προνοοῦμεν 1x pronooumen 2 Corinthians 8:21
προνοούμενοι 1x pronooumenoi Romans 12:17
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 8:21
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x 1 Timothy 5:8
Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 12:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To provide or arrange for beforehand, emphasizing deliberate advance planning rather than mere spontaneous care.
Strong's G4306
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Timothy 5:3-16 Source Gloss
to care for
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To provide or arrange for beforehand, emphasizing deliberate advance planning rather than mere spontaneous care.
1to foresee.
2to provide (RV, take thought for): with accusative of thing(s), καλά, Rom.12:17 (-ούμενοι), 2Co.8:21 (-οῦμεν).
3to provide for (before περί, Wis, l.with): with genitive of person(s), 1Ti.5:8 (-εῖ, WH, mg., -εῖται).
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.
Romans 12:17 Verb Present Middle Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
προνοούμενοι pronooumenoi
I provide for
Read verse 2 Corinthians 8:21 Verb Present Middle Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
προνοούμενοι pronooumenoi
I provide for
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:8 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
προνοεῖ, pronoei
I provide for
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present Voices Middle, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle Rom 12:17 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Present Active 2 Cor 8:21 · 1 Tim 5:8 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 3
Voice
active 2 middle 1
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
To think ahead and care responsibly for needs.
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
προνοέω is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Family provision is a proactive moral duty grounded in faith. 1 Timothy 5:3-16
Canonical Themes
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