Lexicon procheirotoneó: to appoint beforehand Original Word: προχειροτονέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: procheirotoneó Phonetic Spelling: (prokh-i-rot-on-eh'-o) Short Definition: I designate beforehand Definition: I choose or appoint beforehand. HELPS word-Studies 4401 proxeirotonéō (from 4523 /Saddoukaíos, "before" and 5500/xeironteneō, "stretch out the hand") – properly, "extend the hand before" (used only in Ac 10:41). 4401/proxeirotonéō ("God's hand extended before") illustrates how God, the Creator, plans out all the physical scenes of our lives before the foundation of the world (cf. Ps 139:16; Is 43:13 - 45:7). For example, the Lord's hand determined who would be the initial witnesses of Christ's resurrection (Ac 10:41). Reflection: God is always in charge . . . because He is always "previous!" NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pro and cheirotoneóDefinitionto appoint beforehand NASB Translationchosen beforehand (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4401: προχειροτονέωπροχειροτονέω, προχειροτόνω: perfect passive participle προκεχειροτονημενος; (see χειροτονέω); to choose or designate beforehand: Acts 10:41. ( Plato, legg. 6, p. 765 b. c. ( Aeschines, Demosthenes), Dio Cassius, 50, 4.)
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