Strong G4309προορίζω

to predestine

Transliteration
proorizō
Pronunciation
pro-or-id'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4253 and G3724; to limit in advance that is (figuratively) predetermine: - determine before ordain predestinate.

Detailed definition

προ-ορίζω
to predetermine, foreordain: with accusative, Rom.8:30; id. and inf., Act.4:28; id. before εἰς, 1Co.2:7, Eph.1:5; with dupl. accusative, Rom.8:26; pass., Eph.1:11.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4309 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • predestinate4
  • determine1
  • he1
  • ordain1

First verses

  1. Acts 4:28
    For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
  2. Romans 8:29
    For 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.
  3. Romans 8:30
    Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:7
    But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
  5. Ephesians 1:5
    Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
  6. Ephesians 1:11
    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προορ-ίζω,
determine beforehand, ἡμέραν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.24)]; predetermine, predestine, ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν [NT (NT.Eph.1.5; τι γενέσθαι NT.Act.4.28)]; τινὰς συμμόρφους (i.e. γενέσθαι) [NT (NT.Rom.8.29.)]