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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4400 - προχειρίζομαι

Transliteration

procheirízomai

Phonetics

prokh-i-rid'-zom-ahee

Origin

middle voice from (G4253) and a derivative of (G5495)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

6:862,

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to put into the hand, to deliver into the hands
to take into one's hands
to set before one's self, to prostrate, to determine
to choose, to appoint
1. for one's use
2. for one's salvation

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3947 ‑ לָקַח (law‑kakh'); 7971 ‑ שָׁלַח (shaw‑lakh');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Acts 2

BSB (3)

Acts 3

CSB (3)

Acts 3

ESV (3)

Acts 3

KJV (2)

Acts 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Acts 3

N95 (3)

Acts 3

NAS (3)

Acts 3

NLT (3)

Acts 5

WEB (2)

Acts 2

YLT (3)

Acts 3

ASV (2)

hath appointed 1

to appoint 1

BSB (3)

appoint 1

has appointed 1

has been appointed 1

CSB (3)

appoint 1

appointed 2

ESV (3)

appoint 1

appointed 2

KJV (2)

chosen 1

make 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

appoint 1

appointed 2

N95 (3)

appoint 1

appointed 2

NAS (3)

appoint 1

appointed 2

NLT (3)

appoint 1

appointed 1

chosen 1

WEB (2)

has appointed 1

to appoint 1

YLT (3)

did choose 1

to appoint 1

who before hath been preached 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

ANT

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

BEZ

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMN- 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

BGB

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

BMT

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

BYZ

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

ELZ

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMN 1

V-XMPASM 1

NA26

V-3AMIS 1

V-AMN 1

V-XMPASM 1

SBL

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

SCV

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

STV

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

TIS

V-ADI-3S 1

V-ADN 1

V-ADI-3S 1

V-AMN 1

V-RMP-ASM 1

TRG

V-AMI-3S 1

V-AMN 1

V-XMPASM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

προχειριζομαι

Middle voice from G4253 and a derivative of G5495

Thayer's Expanded Definition

προχειρίζω (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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

προ -χειρίζω

(<πρόχειρος , at hand),

[in LXX: Exodus 4:13 (H7971), Joshua 3:12 (H3947), Da LXX Daniel 3:22, 2 Maccabees 3:7; 2 Maccabees 8:9; 2 Maccabees 14:12 A *;]

1. to put into the hand, deliver up: pass., Acts 3:20.

2. More freq. as depon., -ομαι , to take into one's hand; hence, metaph., to propose, determine, choose: c. inf., Acts 22:14; c. acc pers., Acts 26:16.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";with crackling crash,"; is found in the NT only in 2 Peter 3:10 : see Wetstein and Mayor ad l.

List of Word Forms

προεχειρισατο προεχειρίσατό προκεχειρισμενον προκεχειρισμένον προχείρισαι προχειρισασθαι προχειρίσασθαί προχειρίσασθε πρόχειρος procheirisasthai procheirísasthaí proecheirisato proecheirísató prokecheirismenon prokecheirisménon