Forward (be), Forwardness - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Forward (be), Forwardness
* Notes:(1) The verb thelo, to will, wish," is translated "to be forward," in the AV of 2 Corinthians 8:10, which the RV corrects to "to will."
(2) In Galatians 2:10, spoudazo, "to be zealous," is so rendered in the RV (AV, "I was forward").
(3) In 2 Corinthians 8:17, the corresponding adjective spoudaios, "earnest," is so rendered in the RV (AV, "forward"). So in 2 Corinthians 8:8, the noun spoude, "earnestness," is thus rendered in the RV (AV, "forwardness").
(4) In 2 Corinthians 9:2, RV, the noun prothumia, "readiness" (pro, "before," thumos, "impulse"), is so rendered (AV, "forwardness of mind").
(5) For the combination of this word with verbs See GO, PUT, SET, STRETCH.