ἑτοιμασία

ἑτοιμασία, -ας, ἡ

(ἑτοιμάζω, which see), [in LXX for כּוּן hi., כֵּן, מָכוֹן, and cognate forms, Est 2,68; 3,3, Sl 10,17; 65,9; 89,14, Nah 2,4, Zak 5,11, Ezk 43,11, Da TH Dan 11,7, 20-21, Wis 13,12 * ;]

1. = ἑτοιμότης,

(a) readiness (Hipp.);

(b) preparation (LXX; e.g. ἑ. τ. καρδίας, Sl 10,17): Ef 6,15, EV.

2. foundation, firm footing (Sl 89,14): Eph, l.with (Hatch, Essays, 55; Exp. Times, ix, 38; but see also Abbott, Essays, 95).†