Quick Definition
προθεσμία, ας, ἡ n.f. appointed before
Strong's Definition
fixed beforehand, i.e. (feminine with G2250 (ἡμέρα) implied) a designated day
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and a derivative of G5087 (τίθημι);
KJV Usage: time appointed
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | τίθημι
67.2 · Time · A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often
set time, designated time some point of time selected in advance
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-θέσμιος, -a, -ov, (mpo[q.v.in ἃ. B.] and θεσμός fixed, appointed), set beforehand, appointed or determined beforehand, pre-arranged, (Leian. Nigr. 27); ἡ προθεσμία, sc. ἡμέρα, the day previously appointed; univ. the pre-appointed time: Gal. iv. 2. (Lys., Plat., Dem., Aeschin., Diod., Philo—ef. Siegfried, Philo p. 113, Joseph., Plut., al.; eccles. writ.; ef. Kypke and Hilgenfeld on Gal. ese
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προθεσμία prothesmia 1x
a time before appointed, set or appointed time, Gal. 4:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προ-θέσμιος, -α, -ον,
[in Sm.: Jb 28:3, Da 9:26*;]
appointed beforehand. In Attic law, as subst. (so always in cl.), ἡ π. (sc. ἡμέρα), a day appointed beforehand, a previously appointed time: Ga 4:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προθεσμία, lit. ‘fa time-limit” for enforcement o: claims which thereafterlapsed. Hence ἡ προθεσμία (sc. ἡμέρα), ‘the previously appoinced day,’’ is a common legal term, as in Gal 453: cf. P Oxy I. 3711 (a.p. 49) (= Selections, p. 49) ἐνέστηι ἡ προθεσμία τοῦ δευτέρου ἐνιαυτοῦ,“ there arrived the appointed time for the second year,’ 76. IV. 72818 (a.p. 142) τῇ ὡρισμένῃ προθεσμίᾳ, ‘the stipulated date ’’ (Edd.), P Tebt
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προθεσμία (prothesmia) — set time. προθεσμ-ία (i.e. ἡμέρα), ἡ, day appointed beforehand, a fixed or limited time, within which money was to be paid, actions brought, claims made, elections held, etc., and if this period was allowed to expire, no further proceedings were allowed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐὰν ἡ π. ἐξήκῃ is past, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. generally, fixed or appointed time, προθεσμίας οὔσης τῷ κινδύνῳ [NT+5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐτήρησε τὴν π. τῆς θεοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. φυσικὴ [νόσου] natural period, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. occasion of delay, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. προθέσμιος, α, ον, adjective foreappointed, Ἔφεσος, ἡ π. τῶν γάμων (i.e. πόλις) [Refs]