Strong's Lexicon
G4401
G4401 — προχειροτονέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4401 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προχειροτονέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G5500 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | procheirotoneo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prokh-ei-rot-on-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to elect in advance |
| KJV Renderings: | choose before |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προχειροτονέω, προχειροτόνω: perfect passive participle προκεχειροτονημενος; (see χειροτονέω); to choose or designate beforehand: Act 10:41. (Plato, legg. 6, p. 765 b. c. (Aeschines, Demosthenes), Dio Cassius, 50, 4.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προχειροτονέω (choose before)
Acts 10:41
- KJV: Not to all the people but unto witnesses chosen before of God to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead
- GK: ου παντί τω λαώ αλλά μάρτυσι τοις προκεχειροτονημένοις υπό του θεού ημίν οίτινες συνεφάγομεν και συνεπίομεν αυτώ μετά το αναστήναι αυτόν εκ νεκρών