Strong's Lexicon
G4306 — προνοέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4306 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προνοέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G3539 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | pronoeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pron-o-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to consider in advance, i.e. look out for beforehand 2. (actively) by way of maintenance for others 3. (middle voice) by way of circumspection for oneself |
| KJV Renderings: | provide (for) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προνοέω, προνόω; present middle προνωυμαι; from Homer down;
1. to perceive before, foresee.
2. to provide, think of beforehand: τίνος (see Matthiae, § 348, vol. ii., p. 821 (but cf. § 379, p. 862); Kühner, § 419, 1 b. ii., p. 325; (Jelf, § 496); Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 c.), to provide for one, 1Ti 5:8 (where T Tr text WH marginal reading προνοειται); περί τίνος, Wis 6:8. Middle with an accusative of the thing, equivalent to to take thought for, care for a thing: Rom 12:17; 2Co 8:21 (where L T Tr WH have adopted προνωυμεν).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προνοέω (provide (for))
Romans 12:17
- KJV: Recompense to no man evil for evil Provide things honest in the sight of all men
- GK: μηδενί κακόν αντί κακού αποδιδόντες προνοούμενοι καλά ενώπιον πάντων ανθρώπων
2 Corinthians 8:21
- KJV: Providing for honest things not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men
- GK: προνοούμενοι καλά ου μόνον ενώπιον κυρίου αλλά και ενώπιον ανθρώπων
1 Timothy 5:8
- KJV: But if any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel
- GK: ει δε τις των ιδίων και μάλιστα των οικείων ου προνοεί την πίστιν ήρνηται και έστιν απίστου χείρων