Lexical Definition

‎ἑτοιμάζω‎ hetoimázō (het-oy-mad'-zo) to make ready ^G:V
from ‎ἕτοιμος‎

prepare, provide, make ready.

• to prepare

Abbott-Smith

ἑτοιμάζω (< ἕτοιμος), [in LXX chiefly for כּוּן hi. (Hatch, Essays, 51 ff.) ;]
to prepare, make ready;
(a) absol., of hospitable preparation: Mk 14:15, Lk 9:52 12:47 22:9, 12; c. inf., Mt 26:17; ἵνα, Mk 14:12;
(b) c. acc rei: Mt 22:4 26:19, Mk 14:16, Lk 12:20 17:8 22:8, 13 23:56 24:1, Jo 14:2-3, Phm 22, Re 9:7 16:12; seq. εἰς, II Ti 2:21; of God's ordaining coming events (Dalman, Words, 128); of blessing, Mt 20:23 25:34, Mk 10:40, Lk 2:31, I Co 2:9, He 11:16, Re 12:6; of judgment, Mt 25:41; of preparation for the Messiah, τ. ὁδὸν κυρίου, Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 1:76 3:4 (LXX);
(c) c. acc pers.: Lk 1:17, Ac 23:23, Re 19:7, seq. ἵνα, Re 8:6; εἰς, II Ti 2:21, Re 9:7, 15 21:2.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἑτοιμάζω-άζω,

perfect ἡτοίμακα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]perfect passive ἡτοίμασμαι both in middle and passive sense see below): (ἑτοῖμος):—get ready, prepare, ἐμοὶ γέρας αὐτίχ᾽ ἑτοιμάζωάσατ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [νέας] [NT+5th c.BC+]; δάκρυα δ᾽ ἑτοιμάζωάζουσι to those furnishing them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτὸν ἵνα.. [NT]

__II middle, cause to be prepared, ὄφρ᾽ ἱρὸν ἑτοιμάζωασσαίατ᾽ Ἀθήνῃ [ἑτοιμάζωάσσαντο δὲ ταύρους 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.184, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24; ἑτοιμάζωασάμενος ἃ δεῖ “Inscription Prien.” 55.34 (2nd c.BC). ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 with perfect passive ἡτοίμασμαι, prepare for oneself, τἄλλα ἡτοιμάζετο made his other arrangements, [ἑτοιμάζωάσαιντο τιμωρίαν [prev. author] 1.58; πλείονα ἡτοιμασμένος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.5; τροφὴν ἡτοιμασμένοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.209; τὰ πρὸς τὸν βίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 30, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 53. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 prepare oneself, make oneself ready, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III passive, to be prepared, ἔλεγε ἡτοιμάσθαι that preparations had been made, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. τι to be prepared with.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.23.23 ☩ LXX.Isa.40.3 ☩ Rev.8.6}