hetoimasia

ἑτοιμασία, -ας, ἡ

(ἑτοιμάζω, which see), [in LXX for כּוּן hi., כֵּן, מָכוֹן, and cognate forms, Est.2:68 3:3, Psa.10:17 65:9 89:14, Nam.2:4, Zec.5:11, Eze.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, Psa.10:17): Eph.6:15, EV.

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

(AS)