Strong's Lexicon
G4309 — προορίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4309 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προορίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G3724 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | proorizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | proh-or-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to limit in advance 2. (figuratively) predetermine |
| KJV Renderings: | determine before, ordain, predestinate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προορίζω: 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 Act 4:28; τί, with the addition of πρό τῶν αἰώνων 1Co 2:7; τινα, with a predicate acc, to foreordain, appoint beforehand, Rom 8:29 f; τινα εἰς τί, one to obtain a thing. Eph 1:5; προορισθεντες namely, κληρωθῆναι, Eph 1:11. (Heliodorus and ecclesiastical writings. (Ignatius ad Eph. tit.))
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προορίζω (determine before)
Acts 4:28
- KJV: For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done
- GK: ποιήσαι όσα η χείρ σου και η βουλή σου προώρισε γενέσθαι
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 8:30
- KJV: Moreover whom he did predestinate them also called and whom he called them he also justified and whom he justified them he also glorified
- GK: ους δε προώρισε τούτους και εκάλεσεν και ους εκάλεσε τούτους και εδικαίωσεν ους δε εδικαίωσε τούτους και εδόξασε
1 Corinthians 2:7
- KJV: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery the hidden which God ordained before the world unto our glory
- GK: αλλά λαλούμεν σοφίαν θεού εν μυστηρίω την αποκεκρυμμένην ην προώρισεν ο θεός προ των αιώνων εις δόξαν ημών
Ephesians 1:5
- KJV: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will
- GK: προορίσας ημάς εις υιοθεσίαν διά Ιησού χριστού εις αυτόν κατά την ευδοκίαν του θελήματος αυτού
Ephesians 1:11
- KJV: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will
- GK: εν ω και εκληρώθημεν προορισθέντες κατά πρόθεσιν του τα πάντα ενεργούντος κατά την βουλήν του θελήματος αυτού
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