G4309: προορίζω
proorízō · “to predestine”
Definition
to limit in advance, i.e. (figuratively) predetermine
KJV translates it as: determine before, ordain, predestinate
Extended definition
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.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4309 is translated
- determined beforehand ×1
- he predestined to be ×1
- he predestined, ×1
- foreordained ×1
- having predestined ×1
- having been predestined ×1
Bible verses with G4309 (proorízō)
Proorízō appears in 6 verses.
- Acts 4:28
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
- 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: