- πρόθεσις
- πρόθεσις, εως, ἡ (προτίθημι)① setting forth of someth. in public, setting forth, putting out, presentation (Pla. et al.; ins; Sb 5252 [pap. of 65 A.D. regarding the farming out of the fees fr. a temple of Isis: ln. 19 φαγεῖν ἐκθέτου οὔσης τῆς προθέσεως]. On the cultic use of the verb προτίθημι in Diocles [Athen. 3, 110b] cp. Dssm., B 155f [BS 157]; on πρόθεσις τ. ἄρτων s. UPZ 149, 21, vol. I pp. 638–40) of the ‘sacred bread’, lit. loaves of presentation οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς προθέσεως (ἄρτος 1b) Mt 12:4; Mk 2:26; Lk 6:4 (all three 1 Km 21:7). ἡ πρ. τῶν ἄρτων in a concrete usage, the furniture for the presentation of the bread, the table for the sacred bread, despite the presence of τράπεζα in the immediate context, with which it is identical (cp. Ex 25:23–30; Lev 24:6) Hb 9:2. Some exegetes here take πρ. in the abstract sense = presentation of the showbread.② that which is planned in advance, plan, purpose, resolve, will (Aristot. et al; Polyb. 1, 26, 1 and oft.; Plut., Mor. 960f; ins, pap; 2 and 3 Macc; EpArist, Philo; Jos., Ant. 18, 272; 19, 190).ⓐ of humans 2 Ti 3:10 (here perh. w. a turn toward the mng. way of thinking; cp. Polyb. 4, 73, 2 ἡ πρ., ἣν ἔχει πρός τινα; cp. PTebt 27, 81 [113 B.C.]). ὁσία καὶ ἄμωμος πρ. 1 Cl 45:7. ἡ πρ. τῆς καρδίας purpose of heart, i.e. devotion Ac 11:23 (cp. the Stoic thrust Epictet. 2, 8, 29; 4, 6, 26). τῆς πρ. κρατεῖν obtain one’s purpose 27:13. κατὰ πρόθεσιν according to purpose (Polyb.; PTebt 27, 81 [II B.C.]; 3 Macc 5:29; EpArist 199) w. gen. κατὰ πρόθεσιν εὐνουχίας in accordance with the resolve to remain unmarried Agr 18.ⓑ of divine purpose (s. lit. s.v. προγινώσκω 2) οἱ κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοὶ ὄντες those who are called in accordance with (God’s) purpose Ro 8:28 (EBlackman, ET 50, ’39, 378f). ἡ κατʼ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις τοῦ θεοῦ God’s purpose which operates by selection 9:11. κατὰ πρόθεσιν (Philo, Mos. 2, 61) according to design Eph 1:11. Cp. 2 Ti 1:9. κατὰ πρόθεσιν τῶν αἰώνων according to the eternal purpose Eph 3:11 (s. αἰών 1b).—B. 1240f. DELG s.v. τίθημι. M-M. EDNT. TW.
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