προ-θέσμιος, -α, -ον [in Sm.: Job.28:3, Dan.9:26 * ;] appointed beforehand. In Attic law, as subst. (so always in cl.), ἡ π. (sc. ἡμέρα), a day appointed beforehand, a previously appointed time: Gal.4:2.† (AS)
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G4287 — προθεσμία
prothesmia · set time · Greek