ἑτοιμασία

ἑτοιμασία, -ας, ἡ

(ἑτοιμάζω, which see), [in LXX for כּוּן hi., כֵּן, מָכוֹן, and cognate forms, Esther 2:68; 3:3, Psalm 10:17; 65:9; 89:14, Nahum 2:4, Zechariah 5:11, Ezekiel 43:11, Da TH Daniel 11:7, 20-21, Wis.13.12 * ;]

1. = ἑτοιμότης,

(a) readiness (Hipp.);

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

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