purpose

Greek Noun Female

πρό-θεσις, -εως, ἡ [in LXX: Exo.40:4, 23 (עֵרֶךְ), 1Ch.9:32, al. (מַעֲרֶכֶת), 2Ch.4:19 (פָּנִים), 1Ma.1:22, 2Ma.3:8, al;] 1) a setting forth (Plat, Plut, al.): οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. (cf. LXX, ll. with, elsewhere ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι, Exo.25:29; οἱ ἄ. τοῦ προσώπου, Neh.10:33), Mat.12:4, Mrk.2:26, Luk.6:4; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων, Heb.9:2. 2) a purpose (Mist, Polyb, al; 2Mac, l.with): Act.11:23 27:13, Rom.8:28 9:11, Eph.1:11 3:11, 2Ti.1:9 3:10. (AS)

purpose

Greek Noun Female

πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ, (προτίθημι) placing in public; of a corpse, laying it out [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) public notice, αἱ π. τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) statement of a case, [Refs]; ὑπέρ τινος τὴν πρόθεσιν ποιήσασθαι [Refs]; theme, thesis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, proposition, statement, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 4) πρόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖς. προσόδοις to make payment in advance, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 5) offering, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Gauthier et Sottas Decret trilingue [Refs 3rd c.BC+] and NT, οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. the loaves laid before, shew-bread, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+] II) purpose, end proposed, ἐπαινῶ σὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; defined as σημείωσις ἐπιτελέσεως, [Refs]purposely, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) goodwill, π. ἔχειν πρὸς ἔθνος, ὑπὲρ τῶν πολιτῶν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III) supposition, calculation, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] IV) Grammars, preposition, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] IV.2) prefixing, placing first, [Refs] IV.3) π. καὶ πτῶσις perhaps stem (or root) and ending, [Refs 1st c.BC+] V) ={προθεσμία}, interpolated in [Refs]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a setting forth, i.e. (figuratively) proposal (intention); specially, the show-bread (in the Temple) as exposed before God; purpose, shew(-bread); from g4388 (προτίθεμαι)