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. hetoimos (2092), "prepared, ready" (akin to hetoimasia, "preparation"), is used (a) of persons, <Matt. 24:44; 25:10; Luke 12:40; 22:33; Acts 23:15,21> (for <2 Cor. 10:6>, see above); <Titus 3:1; 1 Pet. 3:15>; (b) of things, <Matt. 22:4> (2nd part), <8>; <Mark 14:15>, RV, "ready" (KJV, "prepared"); <Luke 14:17; John 7:6; 2 Cor. 9:5; 10:16>, RV, "things ready" (KJV, "things made ready"); <1 Pet. 1:5>.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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READINESS
. hetoimos ^2092^, an adjective (see READY, A, No. 1), is used with echo, "to have," and en, "in," idiomatically, as a noun in <2 Cor. 10:6>, RV, "being in readiness" (KJV, "having in readiness"), of the apostle's aim for the church to be obedient to Christ. Cf. READY, C.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
(Copyright (C) 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers)