What does πρόνοια (prónoia) mean in the Bible?
πρόνοια (prónoia): Deliberate advance planning and protective care, not mere passive knowledge of the future
Greek · G4307
πρόνοια
Foresight
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πρόνοιαG4307
Pronunciationprónoia
What does πρόνοια (prónoia) mean in the Bible?
πρόνοια (prónoia): Deliberate advance planning and protective care, not mere passive knowledge of the future
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How does the BSB render G4307?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include foresight (1), provision (1).
Where does πρόνοια (prónoia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 24:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 Itforesight1×Acts 24:2
provision1×Romans 13:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 24:2
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts1Romans1
Source forms
πρόνοιαν1xpronoianRomans 13:14
προνοίας1xpronoiasActs 24:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xRomans 13:14
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 24:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deliberate advance planning and protective care, not mere passive knowledge of the future
Strong'sG4307
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
foresight
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Deliberate advance planning and protective care, not mere passive knowledge of the future
(πρόνοος, careful) [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) Wis.14:3 17:2, 4Mac.6:1-35 * ;] foresight, forethought: Act.24:3; π. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive (Dem., 546, 6), make provision for, show care for: Rom.13:14.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 24:2Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
προνοίας,pronoiav
forethought, foresight
Read verseRomans 13:14Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρόνοιανpronoian
forethought, foresight
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 24:21×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineRom 13:141×
Word Origins
πρόνοια is built from this root: