To know/choose
προγινώσκωStrong’s G4267proginōskō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Proginōskō is the Greek word usually translated “foreknew”, “knowing” and “foreknown”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “foreknew”, “knowing” and “foreknown”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he foreknew 2
- knowing 1
- foreknown 1
- knowing beforehand 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Acts 1
- 1 Peter 1
- 2 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- Romans 8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- Romans 11:2God 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,
- 1 Peter 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Greek dictionary
προγινώσκω proginōskō · to know/choose
προ-γινώσκω [in LXX: Wis.6:13 8:8 18:6 * ;] to know beforehand, foreknow: 2Pe.3:17; with accusative of person(s), Act.26:5; of the Divine foreknowledge, Rom.8:29 11:2, 1Pe.1:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “knowing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KNOWING, participle present
tense no'ing.
- Having clear and certain perception of.
- adjective Skillful; well informed; well instructed; as a knowing man.
- Conscious; intelligent.
All definitions and other forms of “knowing”
KNOWING, noun
no'ing. Knowledge.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.