ἑτοιμάζω

future ἑτοιμάσω; 1 aorist ἡτοίμασα; perfect ἡτοίμακα (Mt 22:4 L T Tr WH); passive, perfect ἡτοίμασμαι; 1 aorist ἡτοιμάσθην; (ἕτοιμος); from Homer down; the Sept. very often for כּונֵן and הֵכִין; to make ready, prepare: absolutely, to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready, Lk 12:47; of preparing a feast, Lk 22:9, Lk 22:12 (Gen 43:15; 1 Chr 12:39); with the dative of person, for one: of preparing a lodging, Lk 9:52 (Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, § 130, 5); a supper, Mk 14:15; also with a telic infinitive added, Mt 26:17; followed by ἵνα (cf. Buttmann, 237 (205)), Mk 14:12; with the accusative of the thing: ἅ ἡτοίμασας the things which thou hast prepared (as a store), Lk 12:20; (τί διπνήσω, Lk 17:8); τό ἄριστον, Mt 22:4; τό πάσχα, Mt 26:19; Mk 14:16; Lk 22:8, Lk 22:13; ἀρώματα, Lk 23:56; Lk 24:1; τόπον τίνι, Jn 14:2f; ξενίαν, Phm 1:22; (συμβούλιον, Mk 15:1 T WH marginal reading, cf. συμβούλιον); τήν ὁδόν κυρίου (by a figurative expression drawn from the oriental custom of sending on before kings on their journeys persons to level the roads and make them passable), to prepare the minds of men to give the Messiah a fit reception and secure his blessings: Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3; Lk 3:4 (from Isa 40:3); ; (ἵνα ἑτοιμασθῇ ἡ ὁδός τῶν βασιλέων, Rev 16:12); with the accusative of person, στρατιώτας, Acts 23:23; τίνι τινα, one for one, Lk 1:17; ἑαυτόν, Rev 19:7; followed by ἵνα (cf: Buttmann, 237 (205)), Rev 8:6; ἡτοιμασμένη ὡς νύμφη, i. e. beautifully adorned, Rev 21:2; ἡτοιμασμένη εἰς τί, prepared i. e. fit for accomplishing anything, 2 Tim 2:21; Rev 9:7; prepared i. e. kept in readiness, εἰς τήν ὥραν καί ἡμέραν etc., for the hour and day namely, predetermined, Rev 9:15. In a peculiar sense God is said ἑτοιμάσαι τί for men, i. e. to have caused good or ill to befall them, almost equivalent to to have ordained; of blessings: τί, Lk 2:31; Rev 12:6; τίνι τί, Mt 20:23; Mt 25:34; Mk 10:40; (1 Cor 2:9); Heb 11:16; of punishment: τίνι τί, Mt 25:41. (Compare: προετοιμάζω.)