- Original: πρόθεσις - Transliteration: Prothesis - Phonetic: proth'-es-is - Definition: 1. a setting forth of a thing, placing of it in view, the shewbread a. twelve loaves of wheaten bread, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel, which loaves were offered to God every Sabbath, and separated into two rows, lay for seven days upon a table placed in the sanctuary or front portion of the tabernacle, and afterwards of the temple 2. a purpose - Origin: from G4388 - TDNT entry: 10:44,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4388 ; a setting forth that is (figuratively) proposal (intention); specifically the show bread (in the temple) as exposed before God: - purpose shew [-bread]. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • purpose, 8 Act 11:23; Act 27:13; Romans 8:28; Romans 9:11; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11; 2 Timothy 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:10 • shewbread, 1 Hebrews 9:2