To choose
προχειροτονέωStrong’s G4401procheirotoneō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Procheirotoneō is the Greek word usually translated “chosen beforehand”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.”
Meaning
Usually translated “chosen beforehand”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- chosen beforehand 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
προχειροτονέω procheirotoneō · to choose
προ-χειρο-τονέω, -ῶ (see χειροτονέω) to choose or appoint beforehand: Act.10:41 (Plat., al.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “choose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHOOSE, verb transitive
- To pick out; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more things offered; to make choice of.“The man the Lord doth choose shall be holy” Numbers 16:7
- To take in preference.“Let us choose to us judgment” Job 34:4
- To prefer; to choose for imitation; to follow.“Envy not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways” Proverbs 3:31
- To elect for eternal happiness; to predestinate to life.“Many are called but few chosen” Matthew 20:16“For his elects sake, whom he hath chosen” Mark 13:20
All definitions and other forms of “choose”
- To elect or designate to office or employment by votes or suffrages.
CHOOSE, verb intransitive
- To prefer; as, I choose to go.
- To have the power of choice.
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.