King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4287
Transliteration: prothesmia
Phonetic Spelling: (proth-es'-mee-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: appointed beforehand
Meaning: appointed beforehand
προθέσμιος, προθεσμία, προθεσμιον (πρό (which see in d. β.) and θεσμός fixed, appointed), set beforehand, appointed or determined beforehand, pre-arranged (Lucian, Nigr. 27); ἡ προθεσμία, namely, ἡμέρα, the day previously appointed; universally, the pre-appointed time: Galatians 4:2. (Lysias, Plato, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Diodorus, Philo — cf. Siegfried, Philo, p. 113, Josephus, Plutarch, others; ecclesiastical writings; cf. Kypke and Hilgenfeld on Galatians, the passage cited.)
Word Summary
prothesmia: appointed beforehand
Original Word: προθεσμίαTransliteration: prothesmia
Phonetic Spelling: (proth-es'-mee-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: appointed beforehand
Meaning: appointed beforehand
Strong's Concordance
appointed timeFrom pro and a derivative of tithemi; fixed beforehand, i.e. (feminine with hemera implied) a designated day -- time appointed.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK tithemi
see GREEK hemera
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4287: προθέσμιοςπροθέσμιος, προθεσμία, προθεσμιον (πρό (which see in d. β.) and θεσμός fixed, appointed), set beforehand, appointed or determined beforehand, pre-arranged (Lucian, Nigr. 27); ἡ προθεσμία, namely, ἡμέρα, the day previously appointed; universally, the pre-appointed time: Galatians 4:2. (Lysias, Plato, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Diodorus, Philo — cf. Siegfried, Philo, p. 113, Josephus, Plutarch, others; ecclesiastical writings; cf. Kypke and Hilgenfeld on Galatians, the passage cited.)