Foresight
πρόνοιαStrong’s G4307pronoia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pronoia is the Greek word usually translated “foresight” and “provision”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,”
Meaning
Usually translated “foresight” and “provision”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- foresight 1
- provision 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
πρόνοια pronoia · foresight
πρόνοια, -ας, ἡ (πρόνοος, careful) [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) Wis.14:3 17:2, 4Mac.6:1-35 * ;] foresight, forethought: Act.24:3; π. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive (Dem., 546, 6), make provision for, show care for: Rom.13:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “foresight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FO'RESIGHT, noun
- Prescience; foreknowledge; prognostication; the act of foreseeing.
- Provident care of futurity; foreknowledge accompanied with prudence in guarding against evil.
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.