Protíthemai — G4388

Definition

verb

to place before, i.e. (for oneself) to exhibit; (to oneself) to propose (determine)

1. to place before, to set forth
2. Middle to set before oneself, propose to oneself

Usually translated as

purpose, set forth

Origin

middle voice from G4253 and G5087

• pró (G4253)
• títhēmi (G5087)

Occurrences

Protíthemai occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (2), Ephesians (1)

• Romans 1:13 — Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed (προεθέμην) to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
• Romans 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth (προέθετο) to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
• Ephesians 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed (προέθετο) in himself: