Lexicon procheirizó: to put into the hand, to take into one's hand, hence to determine Original Word: προχειρίζομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: procheirizó Phonetic Spelling: (prokh-i-rid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I appoint, choose, elect Definition: I appoint, choose, elect, take into hand. HELPS word-Studies 4400 proxeirízomai (from 4253 /pró, "before" and 5495/xeir, "hand") – properly, "hand-picked before." 4400/proxeirizomai ("divinely hand-picked") refers to God's sovereign hand choosing people to be His agents (like the apostle Paul). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of pro and cheirDefinitionto put into the hand, to take into one's hand, hence to determine NASB Translationappoint (1), appointed (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4400: προχειρίζωπροχειρίζω ( πρόχειρος at hand (cf. πρό, d. ἆ.) or ready): 1 aorist middle προεχειρισαμην; perfect passive participle προκεχειρισμενος; to put into the hand, to deliver into the hands: far more frequent in the middle to take into one's hands; tropically, to set before oneself to propose, to determine; with an accusative of the person to choose, to appoint ( Isocrates, Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others; 2 Macc. 3:7 2Macc. 8:9; Exodus 4:13): followed by an infinitive of purpose, Acts 22:14; τινα with a predicate accusative Acts 26:16; τινα with a dative of the person for one's use, Joshua 3:12; for one's salvation, passive, Acts 3:20 for Rec. προκεκηρυγμένον (cf. προκηρύσσω, 2).
Strong's choose, make. Middle voice from pro and a derivative of cheir; to handle for oneself in advance, i.e. (figuratively) to purpose -- choose, make. see GREEK pro see GREEK cheir |
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