Quick Definition
ἑτοιμασία, ας, ἡ n.f. preparation, readiness
Strong's Definition
preparation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἑτοιμάζω
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑτοιμασία, -ας, 7, (ἑτοιμάζω, cf. θαυμασία, εἰκασία, ἐρyacia) ; 1. the act of preparing : τῆς τροφῆς, Sap. xiii. 12; τῶν κλιναρίων, Artem. oneir. 2, 57. 2. i. q. ἑτοιporns, the condition of a pers. or thing so far forth as prepared, preparedness, readiness: Hipp. p. 24 [i. 74 ed. Kiihn]; Joseph. antt. 10, 1,2; readiness of mind (Germ. Bereitwilligkeit), τῆς καρδίας, Ps. ix. 88 (x. 17): ἐν ἑτοιμασίᾳ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, with the promptitude and alacrity which the gospel produces, Eph. vi. 15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἑτοιμασία hetoimasia 1x
preparation; preparedness, readiness, Eph. 6:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἑτοιμασία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἑτοιμάζω, q.v.), [in LXX for כּוּן hi., כֵּן, מָכוֹן, and cognate forms, II Es 2:68 3:3, Ps 9:39 (10:17) 64 (65):9 88 (89):14, Na 2:3(4), Za 5:11, Ez 43:11, Da TH 11:7, 20, 21, Wi 13:12 * ;]
= ἑτοιμότης,
readiness (Hipp.);
preparation (LXX; e.g. ἑ. τ. καρδίας, Ps 9:39 (10:17)): Eph 6:15, EV.
foundation, firm footing (Ps 88 (89):14): Eph, l.c. (Hatch, Essays, 55; Exp Times., ix, 38; but v. also Abbott, Essays, 95).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἑτοιμασία. μασία) γένηται μετὰ τὴν κατασπορὰν καὶ εὐσκοληθῇς (1. εὐσχοληθῇς), CP Herm I. 957° πρὸ ἑτοιμασίας. Pauline passage Eph 615 cf. M. Anton. iv. 12 δύο ταύτας ἑτοιμότητας ἔχειν ἀεὶ Set, where Crossley, comparing 20. iii. 13, regards ἑτοιμότητας as meaning δόγματα ἕτοιμα or πρόχειρα, and translates ‘‘have these two always at hand.” “equipment.” In MGr the noun = “preparation,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἑτοιμασία (hetoimasia) — readiness. ἑτοιμ-ᾰσία, ἡ, readiness, πρὸς τὰς ὑπουργίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἑ. ὑμῶν παρέχειν to place at your disposal, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. preparation, ἀρμένων [LXX+4th c.BC+]; τροφῆς[LXX]; equipment, ἐν -ασίᾳ εὐαγγελίου [NT]
