Strong's Number G4286

πρόθεσις

prothesis · proth'-es-is

Transliteration:

prothesis{proth'-es-is}

Word Origin:

from 4388

TDNT:

8:164,1176

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

a setting forth, i.e. (figuratively) proposal (intention); specially, the show-bread (in the Temple) as exposed before God

Usage in the KJV:

purpose 8, shewbread 740 1

Total: 12
Occurs 12 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a setting forth of a thing, placing of it in view, the shewbread
1. twelve loaves of wheaten bread, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel, which loaves were offered to God every Sabbath, and separated into two rows, lay for seven days upon a table placed in the sanctuary or front portion of the tabernacle, and afterwards of the temple
a purpose