To appoint
προχειρίζωStrong’s G4400procheirizō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Procheirizō is the Greek word usually translated “appointed”, “has appointed” and “appoint”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:”
Meaning
Usually translated “appointed”, “has appointed” and “appoint”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- appointed 1
- has appointed 1
- to appoint 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
- Acts 26:16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Greek dictionary
προχειρίζω procheirizō · to appoint
προ-χειρίζω (πρόχειρος, at hand) [in LXX: Exo.4:13 (שָׁלַח), Jos.3:12 (לָקַח), Dan LXX 3:22, 2Ma.3:7 2Mac 8:9 2Mac 14:12 A * ;] 1. to put into the hand, deliver up: pass., Act.3:20. 2. More frequently as depon., -ομαι, to take into one's hand; hence, metaphorically, to propose, determine, choose: with inf., Act.22:14; with accusative of person(s), Act.26:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “appointed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APPOINT'ED, participle passive
- Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted.
- Furnished; equipped with things necessary; as, a ship or an army is well appointed
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.