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Lexicon :: Strong's G2090 - hetoimazō

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ἑτοιμάζω
Transliteration
hetoimazō (Key)
Pronunciation
het-oy-mad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
40x in 18 unique form(s) TR
40x in 19 unique form(s) LXX
131x in 44 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:704,266

Strong’s Definitions

ἑτοιμάζω hetoimázō, het-oy-mad'-zo; from G2092; to prepare:—prepare, provide, make ready. Compare G2680.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's G2090 in the following manner: prepare (29x), make ready (10x), provide (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's G2090 in the following manner: prepare (29x), make ready (10x), provide (1x).

  1. to make ready, prepare

    1. to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready

  2. metaph.

    1. drawn from the oriental custom of sending on before kings on their journeys persons to level the roads and make them passable

    2. to prepare the minds of men to give the Messiah a fit reception and secure his blessings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἑτοιμάζω hetoimázō, het-oy-mad'-zo; from G2092; to prepare:—prepare, provide, make ready. Compare G2680.
STRONGS G2090:
ἑτοιμάζω; future ἑτοιμάσω; 1 aorist ἡτοίμασα; perfect ἡτοίμακα (Matthew 22:4 L T Tr WH); passive, perfect ἡτοίμασμαι; 1 aorist ἡτοιμάσθην; (ἕτοιμος); from Homer down; the Sept. very often for כּונֵן and הֵכִין; to make ready, prepare: absolutely, to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready, Luke 12:47; of preparing a feast, Luke 22:9, 12 (Genesis 43:15; 1 Chronicles 12:39); with the dative of person, for one: of preparing a lodging, Luke 9:52 (Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, § 130, 5); a supper, Mark 14:15; also with a telic infinitive added, Matthew 26:17; followed by ἵνα (cf. Buttmann, 237 (205)), Mark 14:12; with the accusative of the thing: ἅ ἡτοίμασας the things which thou hast prepared (as a store), Luke 12:20; (τί διπνήσω, Luke 17:8); τό ἄριστον, Matthew 22:4; τό πάσχα, Matthew 26:19; Mark 14:16; Luke 22:8, 13; ἀρώματα, Luke 23:56; Luke 24:1; τόπον τίνι, John 14:2f; ξενίαν, Philemon 1:22; (συμβούλιον, Mark 15:1 T WH marginal reading, cf. συμβούλιον); τήν ὁδόν κυρίου (by a figurative expression drawn from the oriental custom of sending on before kings on their journeys persons to level the roads and make them passable), to prepare the minds of men to give the Messiah a fit reception and secure his blessings: Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4 (from Isaiah 40:3); Luke 1:76; (ἵνα ἑτοιμασθῇ ἡ ὁδός τῶν βασιλέων, Revelation 16:12); with the accusative of person, στρατιώτας, Acts 23:23; τίνι τινα, one for one, Luke 1:17; ἑαυτόν, Revelation 19:7; followed by ἵνα (cf: Buttmann, 237 (205)), Revelation 8:6; ἡτοιμασμένη ὡς νύμφη, i. e. beautifully adorned, Revelation 21:2; ἡτοιμασμένη εἰς τί, prepared i. e. fit for accomplishing anything, 2 Timothy 2:21; Revelation 9:7; prepared i. e. kept in readiness, εἰς τήν ὥραν καί ἡμέραν etc., for the hour and day namely, predetermined, Revelation 9:15. In a peculiar sense God is said ἑτοιμάσαι τί for men, i. e. to have caused good or ill to befall them, almost equivalent to to have ordained; of blessings: τί, Luke 2:31; Revelation 12:6; τίνι τί, Matthew 20:23; Matthew 25:34; Mark 10:40; (1 Corinthians 2:9); Hebrews 11:16; of punishment: τίνι τί, Matthew 25:41. (Compare: προετοιμάζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
43:15
1 Chronicles
12:39
Isaiah
40:3
Matthew
3:3; 20:23; 22:4; 22:4; 25:34; 25:41; 26:17; 26:19
Mark
1:3; 10:40; 14:12; 14:15; 14:16; 15:1
Luke
1:17; 1:76; 2:31; 3:4; 9:52; 12:20; 12:47; 17:8; 22:8; 22:9; 22:12; 22:13; 23:56; 24:1
John
14:2
Acts
23:23
1 Corinthians
2:9
2 Timothy
2:21
Philemon
1:22
Hebrews
11:16
Revelation
8:6; 9:7; 9:15; 12:6; 16:12; 19:7; 21:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2090 matches the Greek ἑτοιμάζω (hetoimazō),
which occurs 40 times in 40 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:34 - “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:41 - “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:19 - So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:3 - “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:40 - but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:15 - He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:16 - The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:17 - And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:76

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 - And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:31 - which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:8 - Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:9 - “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:12 - He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:13 - They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:56 - Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:1 - On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:2 - My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen[fn] to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:9 - However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”[fn]— the things God has prepared for those who love him—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:21 - Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:22 - And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:6 - Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:7 - The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:6 - The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:2 - I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
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