G4307: πρόνοια (prónoia)

G4307 πρόνοια (prónoia)

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Quick Definition

πρόνοια, ας, ἡ n.f. forethought, foresight

Strong's Definition

from 4306; forethought, i.e. provident care or supply

KJV Usage: providence, provision

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πρόνοια (G4307)

noun, f. | -ας | νοέω

30.47 · Think · To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately

to give attention beforehand, to have in mind to do, foresight to think about something ahead of time, with the implication that one can then respond appropriately

ACT 24:2 · ROM 13:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πρόνοια, -as, 9, (mpdvoos), fr. [Aeschyl., Soph.], Hat. down, forethought, provident care: Acts xxiv. 2(3) [A.V. providence] ; ποιοῦμαι πρόνοιάν τινος, to make provision for a thing (see ποιέω, I. 3 p. 526" top), Ro. xiii. 14.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πρόνοια pronoia 2x

forethought; providence, provident care, Acts 24:2; provision, Rom. 13:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πρόνοια, -ας, ἡ

(< πρόνοος, careful), [in LXX: Da LXX 6:18 (19) Wi 14:3 17:2, II-IV Mac6*;]

foresight, forethought: Ac 24:3; π. ποιεῖσθαι, c. gen. (Dem., 546, 6), make provision for, show care for: Ro 13:14.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πρόνοια (pronoia) — foresight. πρόνοια, Ionic dialect προν-οίη, ἡ, (πρόνοος) perceiving beforehand, foresight, foreknowledge, τοὖπος τὸ θεοπρόπον τᾶς παλαιφάτου π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. ={πρόγνωσις}[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. foresight, forethought, ἐπῄνεσ᾽.. πρόνοιαν ἣν ἔθου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προνοίας οὕνεκα so far as foresight, caution is required, [Refs]with forethought, purposely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κατὰ τύχην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ προνοίας τινῶν by their precautions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προνοίᾳ τῶν συγγενῶν, φίλων, τῆς πόλεως, by care for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of crimes committed with design or malice prepense, ἐκ προνοίας τραῦμα, ἐκ π. φόνοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ π., opposed to ἀκούσια, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὐδεμία π. ἐστι τραύματος no intention of wounding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόνοιαν ἔχειν (or ἴσχειν) τινός to take thought for.., show care for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, πολλὴν π. εἶχεν εὐσχήμως (perhaps εὐσχήμων) πεσεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὴν π. ἔχειν μέλλοντας.. to beware of doing a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. providence, τοῦ θείου ἡ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, divine providence, προνοίας ἔργῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for five, [Refs]

II.4. office of προνοητής, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. Πρόνοια Ἀθηνᾶ Athena as goddess of Forethought, under which name she was worshipped at Delphi, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: this name of Athena, which is guaranteed by the context in [Refs 8th c.BC+]