G4400
G4400 — προχειρίζομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
procheirizomai (prokh-ei-rid'-zom-ai) v.
1. to handle for oneself in advance
2. (figuratively) to purpose
[middle voice from G4253 and a derivative of G5495]
KJV: choose, make
Root(s): G4253, G5495
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
choose, make
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προχειρίζω (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; 2Ma 3:7 2Ma 8:9; Exo 4:13): followed by an infinitive of purpose, Act 22:14; τινα with a predicate accusative Act 26:16; τινα with a dative of the person for one’s use, Jos 3:12; for one’s salvation, passive, Act 3:20 for Rec. προκεκηρυγμένον (cf. προκηρύσσω, 2).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προχειρίζομαι (choose)
Acts 22:14
- KJV: And he said The God of our fathers hath chosen thee that thou shouldest know his will and see that Just One and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth
- GK: ο δε είπεν ο θεός των πατέρων ημών προεχειρίσατό σε γνώναι το θέλημα αυτού και ιδείν τον δίκαιον και ακούσαι φωνήν εκ του στόματος αυτού
Acts 26:16
- KJV: But rise and stand upon thy feet for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee
- GK: αλλά ανάστηθι και στήθι επί τους πόδας σου εις τούτο γαρ ώφθην σοι προχειρίσασθαί σε υπηρέτην και μάρτυρα ων τε είδες ων τε οφθήσομαί σοι