G4286 – prothesis – πρόθεσις – purpose, shew[-bread]
- Strong’s ID:
- G4286
- Greek Word:
- πρόθεσις
- Transliteration:
- prothesis
- Pronunciation:
- proth’-es-is
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 12
- Search:
- Find “prothesis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G4388; a setting forth, i.e. (figuratively) proposal (intention); specifically, the show-bread (in the Temple) as exposed before God:—purpose, shew[-bread].
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a setting forth of a thing, placing of it in view, the shewbread
1a) twelve loaves of wheaten bread, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel, which loaves were offered to God every Sabbath, and separated into two rows, lay for seven days upon a table placed in the sanctuary or front portion of the tabernacle, and afterwards of the temple
2) a purpose
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.