Word

προχειρίζομαι

procheirízomai · G4400 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance

To choose for a particular purpose in advance

Examples
Acts 3:20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
Acts 22:14 “And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a message from His mouth.
Acts 26:16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you as a servant and a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you,

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

θεόςGod 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

σύyou 2
εἰμίto be 1

To or for whomIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

σύyou 1

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

1 occurrences in 2 groups

μάρτυςwitness 1
ὑπηρέτηςservant, officer 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance30.89: The verb describes God's prior selection of a person for a specific commission. Ananias's word to Paul uses this term: “The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a message from His mouth” (Acts 22:14).

Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

χείρ cheír · G5495 · hand, finger, person · 176×χειροποίητος cheiropoíētos · G5499 · man-made, made by human hands · 6×ἀχειροποίητος acheiropoíētos · G886 · not made by human hands, not man-made · 3×ἐπιχειρέω epicheiréō · G2021 · to try, to undertake · 3×προχειρίζομαιprocheirízomai · G4400διαχειρίζομαι diacheirízomai · G1315 · to seize and kill, to arrest and cause the death of · 2×χειραγωγέω cheiragōgéō · G5496 · to lead someone by the hand, to take by the hand · 2×χειροτονέω cheirotonéō · G5500 · to choose, to elect, to select · 2×αὐτόχειρ autócheir · G849 · one’s own hands · 1×προχειροτονέω procheirotonéō · G4401 · to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance · 1×χειραγωγός cheiragōgós · G5497 · a guide, one who leads by the hand · 1×χειρόγραφον cheirógraphon · G5498 · account, record of debts · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (πρόχειρος at hand (cf. πρό, d. ἆ.) or ready): 1 aorist middle προεχειρισαμην; perfect…

(πρόχειρος at hand (cf. πρό, d. ἆ.) or ready): 1 aorist middle προεχειρισαμην; perfect passive participle προκεχειρισμενος; to put into the hand, to deliver into the hands: far more frequent in the middle to take into one's hands; tropically, to set before oneself to propose, to determine; with an accusative of the person to choose, to appoint (Isocrates, Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others; 2 Macc. 3:7 2Macc. 8:9; Ex 4:13): followed by an infinitive of purpose, Acts 22:14; τινα with a predicate accusative Acts 26:16; τινα with a dative of the person for one's use, Josh 3:12; for one's salvation, passive, Acts 3:20 for Rec. προκεκηρυγμένον (cf. προκηρύσσω, 2).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

To Choose, To Select, To Prefer3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0