Strong's Lexicon
G4267 — προγινώσκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4267 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προγινώσκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G1097 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | proginosko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prog-in-oce'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to know beforehand, i.e. foresee |
| KJV Renderings: | foreknow (ordain), know (before) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προγινώσκω; 2 aorist 3 person singular προέγνω; perfect passive participle προεγνωσμενος; to have knowledge of beforehand; to foreknow: namely, ταῦτα, 2Pe 3:17, cf. 2Pe 3:14; 2Pe 3:16; τινα, Act 26:5; οὕς προέγνω, whom he (God) foreknew, namely, that they would love him, or (with reference to what follows) whom he foreknew to be fit to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, Rom 8:29 (τῶν εἰς αὐτόν (Χριστόν) πιστεύειν προεγνωσμενων, Justin Martyr, dialog contr Trypho,
c. 42; προγινώσκει (ὁ Θεός) τινας ἐκ μετανοίας σωθήσεσθαι μέλλοντας, id. Apology 1:28); ὅν προέγνω, whose character he clearly saw beforehand, Rom 11:1-36:( Lachmann in brackets), (against those who in the preceding passages from Rom. explain προγινώσκειν as meaning to predestinate, cf. Meyer, Philippi, Van Hengel); προεγνωσμένου, namely, ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ (foreknown by God, although not yet ’made manifest’ to men), 1Pe 1:20. (Wis 6:14 Wis 8:8 Wis 18:6; Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Herodian, Philostr., others.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
προγινώσκω (foreknow (ordain))
Acts 26:5
- KJV: Which knew me from the beginning if they would testify that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee
- GK: προγινώσκοντές με άνωθεν εάν θέλωσι μαρτυρείν ότι κατά την ακριβεστάτην αίρεσιν της ημετέρας θρησκείας έζησα Φαρισαίος
Romans 8:29
- KJV: For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate conformed to the image of his Son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren
- GK: ότι ους προέγνω και προώρισεν συμμόρφους της εικόνος του υιού αυτού εις το είναι αυτόν πρωτότοκον εν πολλοίς αδελφοίς
Romans 11:2
- KJV: God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying
- GK: ουκ απώσατο ο θεός τον λαόν αυτού ον προέγνω η ουκ οίδατε εν Ηλία τι λέγει η γραφή ως εντυγχάνει τω θεώ κατά του Ισραήλ λέγων
1 Peter 1:20
- KJV: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world but was manifest in these last times for you
- GK: προεγνωσμένου μεν προ καταβολής κόσμου φανερωθέντος δε επ΄ εσχάτων των χρόνων δι΄ υμάς
2 Peter 3:17
- KJV: Ye therefore beloved seeing ye know before beware lest ye also being led away with the error of the wicked fall from your own stedfastness
- GK: υμείς ούν αγαπητοί προγινώσκοντες φυλάσσεσθε ίνα μη τη των αθέσμων πλάνη συναπαχθέντες εκπέσητε του ιδίου στηριγμού