prothymia · eagerness

What it means

prothymia (προθυμία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “eagerness”.

Readiness, willingness.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Readiness, willingness.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• 2 Corinthians×4

• Acts 17:11

  Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

• 2 Corinthians 8:11

  So now also finish doing it, so that just as there was the eagerness to want it, so also there may be the completing of it out of what you have.

• 2 Corinthians 8:12

  For if the eagerness is present, it is acceptable according to what one may have, not according to what one does not have.

• 2 Corinthians 8:19

  and not only that, but he was also appointed by the assemblies as our travel companion in this grace that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our eagerness;

• 2 Corinthians 9:2

  for I know your eagerness, which I boast about to the Macedonians on your behalf, saying that Achaia has been prepared since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.