STRONGS G4282:
προετοιμάζω: 1 aorist
προητοίμασα;
to prepare before, to make ready beforehand:
ἅ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν, i. e. for whom he appointed glory beforehand (i. e., from eternity), and, accordingly, rendered them fit to receive it,
Romans 9:23; to prepare beforehand in mind and purpose, i. e. to decree,
Ephesians 2:10, where
οἷς stands by attraction for
ἅ (cf.
Winers Grammar, 149 (141);
Buttmann, § 143, 8). (
Isaiah 28:24; Wis. 9:8;
Herodotus,
Philo,
Josephus,
Plutarch,
Geoponica, others.)
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