G3903

παρασκευάζω

paraskeuazōG:V

to prepare

παρα-σκευάζω [in LXX: Jer.50:42 (עָרַךְ), etc. ;] to prepare, make ready: absol. (sc. τ. δεῖπνον, etc.; of. Hdt., ix, 82, 2Ma.2:27), Act.10:10; mid., to prepare, make preparations: 1Co.14:8 (cf. Je, l.with); pass., 2Co.9:2-3.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3903 in the following manner:

ready (6x), himself (2x), may (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

παρασκευάζω — paraskeuázō

παρασκευάζω; perfect passive παρεσκεύασμαι; future middle παρασκευάσομαι; from Herodotus down; to make ready, prepare: namely, τό δεῖπνον (added in Herodotus 9, 82; Athen. 4, 15, p. 138), Act 10:10 (συμπόσιον, Halt. 9, 15; 2Ma 2:27). Middle to make oneself ready, to prepare oneself (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2 a.): εἰς πόλεμον, 1Co 14:8 (Jeremiah 27:42; εἰς μάχην, εἰς ναυμαχιαν, etc., in Xenophon). Perfect passive in middle sense, to have prepared oneself, to be prepared or ready, 2Co 9:2 f (see Matthiae, § 493).

4 occurrences

Acts (1), I Corinthians (1), II Corinthians (2)