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Greek verb · G2090

ἑτοιμάζω

hetoimazohet-oy-mad'-zo

to make ready

40 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: hetoimázō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2090is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 20
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2090

to prepare

The King James renders it: prepare, provide, make ready.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

hetoimazo is rendered "to make ready". It stands 40 times in the Greek text, across ten books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
  • The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.

The first use

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Matthew 3:3ἑτοιμάσατε

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's forty uses are in Luke.

The other 17 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • do prepare9
  • prepared9
  • they prepared3
  • we may prepare3
  • it has been prepared2
  • to make ready2
  • to prepare2
  • has made ready1
  • has prepared1
  • having prepared1
  • He has prepared1
  • I have prepared1

and 5 more, 40 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἕτοιμοςhetoimosreadyUses17
ἑτοίμωςhetoimosreadilyUses3
ἑτοιμασίαhetoimasiareadinessUses1

All 40, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

20 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἑτοιμάσατε7
  • ἡτοίμασαν6
  • ἑτοιμάσαι4
  • ἡτοίμασεν3
  • ἑτοιμάσωμεν2
  • ἡτοίμασας2
  • ἡτοιμασμένην2
  • ἡτοιμασμένον2
  • ἑτοίμαζέ1
  • ἑτοιμάσας1
  • ἑτοιμασθῇ1
  • ἑτοίμασον1

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural7V-AAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural6V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural3V-AAS-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular2V-AAI-2S
  • verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-RPI-3S
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singular2V-RPP-ASF
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-AAS-1S
  • verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S

Matthew

seven uses
  • This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

    Matthew 3:3

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare
  • “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

    Matthew 20:23

    • ἡτοίμασταιhetoimastaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been prepared
  • Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

    Matthew 22:4

    • ἡτοίμακαhetoimakaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have prepared
  • Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

    Matthew 25:34

    • ἡτοιμασμένηνhetoimasmenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: prepared
  • Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

    Matthew 25:41

    • ἡτοιμασμένονhetoimasmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: prepared
  • On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

    Matthew 26:17

    • ἑτοιμάσωμένhetoimasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may prepare
  • So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

    Matthew 26:19

    • ἡτοίμασανhetoimasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: prepared

Mark

five uses
  • “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

    Mark 1:3

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare
  • But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

    Mark 10:40

    • ἡτοίμασται.¶hetoimastaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been prepared
  • On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

    Mark 14:12

    • ἑτοιμάσωμενhetoimasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may prepare
  • And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

    Mark 14:15

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare
  • So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

    Mark 14:16

    • ἡτοίμασανhetoimasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they prepared

Luke

fourteen uses
  • And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

    Luke 1:17

    • ἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make ready
  • And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

    Luke 1:76

    • ἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prepare
  • which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

    Luke 2:31

    • ἡτοίμασαςhetoimasasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You have prepared
  • as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

    Luke 3:4

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare
  • He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.

    Luke 9:52

    • ἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make ready
  • But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

    Luke 12:20

    • ἡτοίμασαςhetoimasasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you did prepare —
  • That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

    Luke 12:47

    • ἑτοιμάσαςhetoimasasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having prepared
  • Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

    Luke 17:8

    • ἑτοίμασονhetoimasonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do prepare
  • Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”

    Luke 22:8

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare
  • “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked.

    Luke 22:9

    • ἑτοιμάσωμενhetoimasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may prepare
  • And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

    Luke 22:12

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare
  • So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.

    Luke 22:13

    • ἡτοίμασανhetoimasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they prepared
  • Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

    Luke 23:56

    • ἡτοίμασανhetoimasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they prepared
  • On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

    Luke 24:1

    • ἡτοίμασανhetoimasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they had prepared

John

two uses
  • In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

    John 14:2

    • ἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prepare
  • And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

    John 14:3

    • ἑτοιμάσωhetoimasoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall prepare

Acts

one use
  • Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

    Acts 23:23

    • ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimasateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do prepare

1 Corinthians

one use
  • Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

    1 Corinthians 2:9

    • ἡτοίμασενhetoimasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has prepared

2 Timothy

one use
  • So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.

    2 Timothy 2:21

    • ἡτοιμασμένον.¶hetoimasmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: prepared

Philemon

one use
  • In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

    Philemon 1:22

    • ἑτοίμαζέhetoimazeverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do prepare

Hebrews

one use
  • Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

    Hebrews 11:16

    • ἡτοίμασενhetoimasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has prepared

Revelation

seven uses
  • And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

    Revelation 8:6

    • ἡτοίμασανhetoimasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: prepared
  • And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

    Revelation 9:7

    • ἡτοιμασμένοιςhetoimasmenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: prepared
  • So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

    Revelation 9:15

    • ἡτοιμασμένοιhetoimasmenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: prepared
  • And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

    Revelation 12:6

    • ἡτοιμασμένονhetoimasmenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: prepared
  • And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.

    Revelation 16:12

    • ἑτοιμασθῇhetoimastheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be prepared
  • Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.

    Revelation 19:7

    • ἡτοίμασενhetoimasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has made ready
  • I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

    Revelation 21:2

    • ἡτοιμασμένηνhetoimasmenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: prepared

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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