προθέσεως [3 verses](noun sg fem gen ) "Shew..." is prothesis, which means "placing in public," "public notice," "offering," "purpose," "end proposed," "goodwill," "supposition," "calculation," "prefixing," "placing first," and, in grammar, "preposition."  -  The word for "shew" is a word that means "placing in public," "public notice," or "offering."