Quick Definition
προθύμως Adv readily
Strong's Definition
with alacrity
Derivation: adverb from G4289 (πρόθυμος);
KJV Usage: willingly
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | θυμόομαι
25.69 · Attitudes and Emotions · Be Eager, Be Earnest, In a Devoted Manner
eager, eagerly, willing, willingly pertaining to being eager to do something It would be wrong to equate the meaning of πρόθυμος and προθύμως with ἑκούσιος, ἑκών, and ἑκουσίως (25.65), for πρόθυμος and προθύμως imply far more desire and eagerness, though both sets of terms are often translated in English as ‘willing’ or ‘willingly.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προθύμως, ady., fr. Hdt. and Aeschyl. down, willingly, with alacrity: 1 Pet. v. 2.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προθύμως prothumōs 1x
promptly, readily, willingly, heartily, cheerfully, 1 Pet. 5:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προθύμως,
[in LXX: II Ch 29:34 (לֵבָב יִשְׁרֵי), To 7:8, al.;]
eagerly, readily, with a ready mind: I Pe 5:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προθύμως, “eagerly ’’: PSI VI. 6217 (iii/B.c.) πᾶν γὰρ τὸ δυνατὸν καὶ προθύμως καὶ ἀόκνως ποιήσομεν, P Hib I. 8217 (B.c. 239-8) καλῶς οὖν [π]οιήσεις συναν[τι]λ[α]μβανόμενος προθύμως περὶ τῶν εἰς ταῦτα συγκυρόντων, ‘please therefore to give your zealous co-operation in all that concerns this ’’ (Edd.), and P Flor II. 1571° (iii/a.D.) ἵνα ὑπηρετούμένοι προθύμως ἡμῖν ἐργαζῶνται.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προθύμως (prothumōs) — eagerly. Included with: πρόθῡμος, ον, ready, willing, eager, π. εἰμι, with infinitive, ={προθυμέομαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔα πυθέσθαι I was eager to learn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with genitive objecti, eager for, ὧν π. ἦσθ᾽ ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. with Preps., ἐὰν γένῃ π. ἐς τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. bearing goodwill, wishing well, devoted, φύλαξ.. τῇ σῇ π. εἰς ὁδὸν κυναγία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴς τινας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. adverb -μως readily, zealously, actively, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. υᾶλλον ἢ φίλως with more zeal than kindness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχειν πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
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