Lexicon proorizó: to predetermine, foreordain Original Word: προορίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proorizó Phonetic Spelling: (pro-or-id'-zo) Short Definition: I foreordain, predetermine Definition: I foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. HELPS word-Studies 4309 proorízō (from 4253 /pró, "before" and 3724 /horízō, "establish boundaries, limits") – properly, pre-horizon, pre-determine limits (boundaries) predestine. [4309 (proorízō) occurs six times in the NT (eight in the writings of Paul). Since the root (3724 /horízō) already means "establish boundaries," the added prefix (pro, "before") makes 4309 (proorízō) "to pre-establish boundaries," i.e. before creation.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pro and horizóDefinitionto predetermine, foreordain NASB Translationpredestined (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4309: προορίζωπροορίζω: 1 aorist προορισα; 1 aorist passive participle προορισθεντες; to predetermine, decide beforehand, Vulg. (except in Acts) praedestino ( R. V. to foreordain): in the N. T. of God decreeing from eternity, followed by an accusative with the infinitive Acts 4:28; τί, with the addition of πρό τῶν αἰώνων 1 Corinthians 2:7; τινα, with a predicate acc, to foreordain, appoint beforehand, Romans 8:29f; τινα εἰς τί, one to obtain a thing. Ephesians 1:5; προορισθεντες namely, κληρωθῆναι, Ephesians 1:11. ( Heliodorus and ecclesiastical writings. ( Ignatius ad Eph. tit.))
Strong's determine before, ordain, predestinate. From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. (figuratively) predetermine -- determine before, ordain, predestinate. see GREEK pro see GREEK horizo |
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