πρόκειμαι
prókeimai · G4295 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to exist openly, to exist clearly
To exist in an evident manner
Examples2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
Jude 1:7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
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To exist subsequent to some temporal reference point (to exist later, to lie before (someone), to lie ahead)
ExamplesHebrews 6:18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to the hope set before us.
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Hebrews 12:2 looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- ΓόμοῤῥαGomorrha 1
- πόλιςcity 1
- προθυμίαeagerness 1
- ΣόδομαSodoma 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δεῖγμαexample (such as to warn) 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κρατέωto take hold of, to seize, to hold 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To exist openly, to exist clearly13.75
- The verb describes something existing plainly and openly as a present reality. Paul's instruction on giving uses this term: “For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have” (2 Corinthians 8:12).
- To exist later, to lie before (someone), to lie ahead13.76
- The same verb, in its more common New Testament sense, describes something lying ahead as a future goal or hope. Hebrews' exhortation to endurance uses this term: “Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let's rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let's run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1).
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (πρό (which see d. α.) and κεῖμαι): from Homer down; 1. properly, to lie or be placed…
1. properly, to lie or be placed before (a person or thing), or in front (often so in Greek writings).
2. to be set before, i. e., a. to be placed before the eyes, to lie in sight; to stand forth: with a predicate nominative, δεῖγμα, as an example, Jude 1:7 (καλόν ὑπόδειγμα σοι πρόκειται, Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 1).
b. equivalent to to be appointed, destined: προκειμενη ἐλπίςt';, the hope open to us, offered, given, Heb 6:18; used of those things which by any appointment are destined to be done, borne, or attained by anyone; so προκειμενος ἀγών, Heb 12:1; προκειμενος χαρά, the destined joy (see ἀντί, 2 b.), ibid. 2 (the phrase τά ἆθλα προκεῖσθαι occurs often in secular writings from Herodotus down; cf. Bleek, Br. an die Heb 2:2, p. 268ff).
c. to be there, be present, be at hand (so that it can become actual or available): 2 Cor 8:12.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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