to make ready
Hetoimazo denotes making persons, places, provisions, or a way ready for an intended action or purpose.
The verb most often describes active arrangements for an immediate task, especially food, a place, supplies, or people; it also marks something as already prepared for a recipient or future purpose, and can frame readiness through the image of preparing a way or a people.
Senses in use
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Arrange what is needed for a task · dominant
The active forms occur where people make concrete arrangements: in Luke 22:13 the APB renders the disciples' completed action as having “prepared the Passover lamb,” while in Acts 23:23 an instruction concerns soldiers going to Caesarea. Luke 23:56 likewise places the action with spices and ointments, and Philemon 1:22 requests lodging.
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Be in a prepared state for a recipient or event · common
Perfect passive forms describe places, inheritances, fire, persons, and forces as already prepared: in John 14:2 the APB renders a place being prepared “for you,” and in Matthew 25:34 it renders a kingdom “prepared for you.” Revelation 9:15 portrays four angels as having been prepared toward a specified time, while Revelation 12:6 describes a place prepared for the woman.
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Set a way or people ready in advance · occasional
The imperative in Mark 1:3 addresses the Lord's way and is paired in the APB with making paths straight. In Luke 1:17, the infinitive stands in the purpose clause about making a people ready for the Lord; Luke 1:76 similarly concerns preparing his ways. Revelation 16:12 uses an aorist passive subjunctive for a way being prepared for kings from the east.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses “prepare,” “made ready,” “prepared,” and “make ready,” including clauses about a meal, lodging, a place, a kingdom, and a way. Those renderings show the clause-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.