Strong G4295πρόκειμαι
to set before
- Transliteration
- prokeimai
- Pronunciation
- prok'-i-mahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
πρό-κειμαι
[in LXX: Exo.39:18 (36), Num.4:7 (פָּנִים), etc.;]
used as pass. of προτίθημι;
1. to be set before one, to be set forth: Heb.6:18 12:1-2, Ju 7.
2. to present oneself, be present: 2Co.8:12 (see Mey., in l).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.39:18 (36), Num.4:7 (פָּנִים), etc.;]
used as pass. of προτίθημι;
1. to be set before one, to be set forth: Heb.6:18 12:1-2, Ju 7.
2. to present oneself, be present: 2Co.8:12 (see Mey., in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4295 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- set4
- be1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
- Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πρόκειμαι,
used as passive of προτίθημι, to be set before one, ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα the meats laid ready, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.91, +others)]; π. δαίς, δεῖπνον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.211, 5.105; τὰ π. ἀγαθά [prev. author] 9.82)]; ἄρτοι προκείμενοι shew-bread, [LXX (LXX.Exo.39.18 (36); τράπεζα π. [prev. work] 38.9 (37.10).)]
2 lie exposed, ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111)]; of a tuft of wool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 702)]; ἄτιμος ὧδε πρόκειμαι, says Ajax of himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 427 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1179; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν ὑμῖν προκεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.83)]; especially lie dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 964 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1059)]; προκείμενον νέκυν laid out for burial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1012, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1101, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 537, “Av.” 474, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.34, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 12)]; opposed to ἐξενεχθείς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 23)] (also, to be buried first, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.735 (from Eumenia), “MAMA” 4.357 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.AD)): _metaphorically_, πρὸς ὕβριν π.)] to be exposed to.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 33.15 (uncertain reading).)]
3 to be set before competitors, as the prize of a contest, τοῖσι.. προὔκειτο μέγας τρίπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 312: hence,)]
3.b metaphorically, to be set before one, proposed, γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο three opinions were set forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 7.16. α; τοσούτων πέρι σκέψις πρόκειτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533e, compare “Phdr.” 237c)]; π. τῷ συμβουλεύοντι σκοπὸς τὸ συμφέρον is proposed as a mark, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1362a17)]; ἡ προκειμένη ξυμμαγία the alliance which naturally offers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35)]; frequently of contests, πόνος τε καὶ ἀγὼν ἔσχατος ψυχῇ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247b, compare “La.” 182a; καταγέλαστον.., ὃ πάλαι πρόκειται, τοῦτο πάλιν προτιθέναι [prev. author] “Euthd.” 279d)]; to be extant, προοίμια π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 722e)]; frequently in participle, ὁ προκείμενος ἄεθλος the task set, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 4.10, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 259, 755; ἀγῶνος μεγίστου π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60; ἆθλα π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.47, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.2, etc.; τὸν π. πόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1149; ἔχειν ἔργον π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a)]; τὰ προκείμενα, opposed to μέλλοντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1334, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 984; so ξυμφορᾶς προκειμένης [prev. author] Alcaeus551)]; τὸ π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ or τὸ π., the question under discussion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 457d, “La.” 184c, etc.)]; τὸ π. πρῆγμα the matter in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207: _impersonal_, περὶ σωτηρίας προκειμένου)] when the question is concerning safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 401; πρόκειται ἡμῖν ζητεῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 54, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 7.5.)]
4 to be set forth, settled, prescribed, appointed, ἔργων ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 865 (Lyric poetry); π. σημήϊα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38)]; αἱ προκείμεναι ἡμέραι the prescribed days,[Refs ([prev. work] 87; ὀγδώκοντα ἔτεα ξόης πλήρωμα ἀνδρὶ προκεῖσθαι [prev. author] 3.22; ἀναγκαίη π. [prev. author] 1.11)]; τὸ θανεῖν.. πᾶσι πρόκειται probably in [Refs (“IG” 12(1).146 (from Rhodes))]; of laws, νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 481)]; of punishments, στέρεσθαι κρατὸς ἦν προκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 371; φόνον π. δημόλευστον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 36; πολλῶν [ἁμαρτημάτων] θανάτου ζημίαι π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45.)]
5 to be first stated, οὐ πρόκειται τοῦ λόγου τὸ τί ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 142b24.)]
II lie before, lie in front of, with genitive, Αἴγυπτος προκειμένη τῆς ἐχομένης γῆς projecting further than, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.12, compare 4.99)]; ᾗ (ᾧ codices) προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς where was set a brooch before her breasts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 925; πρὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων π. τὰ παραφράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514b; Ἐφέσου τεὰ τόξα πρόκειται 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 258; οἱ προκείμενοι τῶν στοῶν πύργοι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.2)]: absolutely, of a cape, island, etc., ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ π. χωρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.3; τὰ προκείμενα τῆς χώρας ὄρη [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.5.27; παρὰ ἤπειρον νῆσος π. [prev. author] “Ath.” 2.13, etc.)]
II.2 bulge, project, ἡ γαστὴρ πρόκειται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.3.)]
III precede, γράμμα π. an initial letter, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.426)]; ἐν τοῖς π. in the preceding pages, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 138.4; ὡς πρόκειται [prev. work] 32.17)], frequently in Papyrus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 271.15 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; προκείμενον a preceding word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 39.25, +others)]; χρόνος ὁ προκείμενος date as above, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 397.34 (2nd c.AD))]; τοῦ π. ἔτους in the aforesaid year, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PAmh.” 50.11 (2nd c.BC))]; ἡ π. βοτάνη above-mentioned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PMag.Par. 1.779, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.455 (but οἱ π. θεοί)] represented on this monument, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 663.2 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)).)]
III.2 τὸ π. αὐτοῦ μόριον from which it is derived (ὥς from ὅς), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 171.8.)]
used as passive of προτίθημι, to be set before one, ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα the meats laid ready, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.91, +others)]; π. δαίς, δεῖπνον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.211, 5.105; τὰ π. ἀγαθά [prev. author] 9.82)]; ἄρτοι προκείμενοι shew-bread, [LXX (LXX.Exo.39.18 (36); τράπεζα π. [prev. work] 38.9 (37.10).)]
2 lie exposed, ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111)]; of a tuft of wool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 702)]; ἄτιμος ὧδε πρόκειμαι, says Ajax of himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 427 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1179; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν ὑμῖν προκεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.83)]; especially lie dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 964 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1059)]; προκείμενον νέκυν laid out for burial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1012, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1101, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 537, “Av.” 474, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.34, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 12)]; opposed to ἐξενεχθείς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 23)] (also, to be buried first, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.735 (from Eumenia), “MAMA” 4.357 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.AD)): _metaphorically_, πρὸς ὕβριν π.)] to be exposed to.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 33.15 (uncertain reading).)]
3 to be set before competitors, as the prize of a contest, τοῖσι.. προὔκειτο μέγας τρίπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 312: hence,)]
3.b metaphorically, to be set before one, proposed, γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο three opinions were set forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 7.16. α; τοσούτων πέρι σκέψις πρόκειτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533e, compare “Phdr.” 237c)]; π. τῷ συμβουλεύοντι σκοπὸς τὸ συμφέρον is proposed as a mark, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1362a17)]; ἡ προκειμένη ξυμμαγία the alliance which naturally offers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35)]; frequently of contests, πόνος τε καὶ ἀγὼν ἔσχατος ψυχῇ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247b, compare “La.” 182a; καταγέλαστον.., ὃ πάλαι πρόκειται, τοῦτο πάλιν προτιθέναι [prev. author] “Euthd.” 279d)]; to be extant, προοίμια π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 722e)]; frequently in participle, ὁ προκείμενος ἄεθλος the task set, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 4.10, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 259, 755; ἀγῶνος μεγίστου π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60; ἆθλα π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.47, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.2, etc.; τὸν π. πόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1149; ἔχειν ἔργον π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a)]; τὰ προκείμενα, opposed to μέλλοντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1334, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 984; so ξυμφορᾶς προκειμένης [prev. author] Alcaeus551)]; τὸ π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ or τὸ π., the question under discussion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 457d, “La.” 184c, etc.)]; τὸ π. πρῆγμα the matter in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207: _impersonal_, περὶ σωτηρίας προκειμένου)] when the question is concerning safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 401; πρόκειται ἡμῖν ζητεῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 54, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 7.5.)]
4 to be set forth, settled, prescribed, appointed, ἔργων ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 865 (Lyric poetry); π. σημήϊα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38)]; αἱ προκείμεναι ἡμέραι the prescribed days,[Refs ([prev. work] 87; ὀγδώκοντα ἔτεα ξόης πλήρωμα ἀνδρὶ προκεῖσθαι [prev. author] 3.22; ἀναγκαίη π. [prev. author] 1.11)]; τὸ θανεῖν.. πᾶσι πρόκειται probably in [Refs (“IG” 12(1).146 (from Rhodes))]; of laws, νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 481)]; of punishments, στέρεσθαι κρατὸς ἦν προκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 371; φόνον π. δημόλευστον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 36; πολλῶν [ἁμαρτημάτων] θανάτου ζημίαι π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45.)]
5 to be first stated, οὐ πρόκειται τοῦ λόγου τὸ τί ἐστιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 142b24.)]
II lie before, lie in front of, with genitive, Αἴγυπτος προκειμένη τῆς ἐχομένης γῆς projecting further than, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.12, compare 4.99)]; ᾗ (ᾧ codices) προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς where was set a brooch before her breasts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 925; πρὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων π. τὰ παραφράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514b; Ἐφέσου τεὰ τόξα πρόκειται 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 258; οἱ προκείμενοι τῶν στοῶν πύργοι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.2)]: absolutely, of a cape, island, etc., ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ π. χωρίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.3; τὰ προκείμενα τῆς χώρας ὄρη [prev. author] “Mem.” 3.5.27; παρὰ ἤπειρον νῆσος π. [prev. author] “Ath.” 2.13, etc.)]
II.2 bulge, project, ἡ γαστὴρ πρόκειται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.3.)]
III precede, γράμμα π. an initial letter, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.426)]; ἐν τοῖς π. in the preceding pages, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 138.4; ὡς πρόκειται [prev. work] 32.17)], frequently in Papyrus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 271.15 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; προκείμενον a preceding word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 39.25, +others)]; χρόνος ὁ προκείμενος date as above, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 397.34 (2nd c.AD))]; τοῦ π. ἔτους in the aforesaid year, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PAmh.” 50.11 (2nd c.BC))]; ἡ π. βοτάνη above-mentioned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PMag.Par. 1.779, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.455 (but οἱ π. θεοί)] represented on this monument, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 663.2 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)).)]
III.2 τὸ π. αὐτοῦ μόριον from which it is derived (ὥς from ὅς), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 171.8.)]