προθυμία prothymía
Meaning
predisposition, i.e. alacrity
In the King James Version: forwardness of mind, readiness (of mind), ready (willing) mind
Derivation: from G4289 (πρόθυμος);
Where it is used
- Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11 Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to your means.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- 2 Corinthians 8:19 More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.