G4267: προγινώσκω (proginṓskō)

G4267 προγινώσκω (proginṓskō)

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Quick Definition

προγινώσκω v. I know beforehand

Strong's Definition

from 4253 and 1097; to know beforehand, i.e. foresee

KJV Usage: foreknow (ordain), know (before)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

προγινώσκω (G4267)

verb | aor. προέγνων | γινώσκω

28.6 · Know · Know

to know beforehand, to know already, to have foreknowledge to know about something prior to some temporal reference point, for example, to know about an event before it happens It is also possible to understand προγινώσκω in 1PE 1:20 as meaning ‘chosen beforehand’ (see 30.100).

ACT 26:5 · ROM 8:29 · ROM 11:2 · 1PE 1:20 · 2PE 3:17

30.100 · Think · To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

to choose beforehand, to select in advance to choose or select in advance of some other event In ROM 8:29 προγινώσκω may also be understood as meaning ‘to know beforehand’ (28.6).

ROM 8:29 · ROM 11:2 · 1PE 1:20

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προ-γινώσκω; 2 aor. 3 pers. sing. προέγνω ; pf. pass. ptep. προεγνωσμένος ; to have knowledge of beforehand ; 0 foreknow : se. ταῦτα, 2 Pet. iii. 17, cf. 14, 16; τινά, Acts xXxvi. 55 ots προέγνω, whom he (God) foreknew, sc. that they would love him, or (with reference to what follows) whom he foreknew to be fit to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, Ro. viii. 29 (τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν [Χριστὸν] πιστεύειν προεγνωσμένων, Justin M. dial. c. Tr. c. 42; προγινώσκει [ὁ θεός] τινας ἐκ μετανοίας σωθήσεσθαι μέλλοντας, id. apol. i. 28); ὃν προέγνω, whose character he clearly saw beforehand, Ro. xi. [1 Lehm. in br.], 2, (against those who in the preceding passages fr. Ro. explain προγινώσκειν as meaning to predestinate, cf. Meyer, Philippi, Van Hengel); προεγνωσμένου, sc. ὑπὸ tov θεοῦ (foreknown by God, although not yet ‘made manifest’ to men), 1 Pet. i. 20. (Sap. vi. 14; viii. 8; xviii. 6; Eur., Xen., Plat., Hdian., Philostr., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προγινώσκω proginōskō 5x

to know beforehand, to be previously acquainted with, Acts 26:5; 2 Pet. 3:17; to determine on beforehand, to foreordain, 1 Pet. 1:20; in NT, from the Hebrew, to foreknow, to appoint as the subject of future privileges, Rom. 8:29; 11:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** προ-γινώσκω,

[in LXX: Wi 6:13 8:8 18:6*;]

to know beforehand, foreknow: II Pe 3:17; c. acc. pers., Ac 26:5; of the Divine foreknowledge, Ro 8:29 11:2, I Pe 1:20.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προγινώσκω. For this verb = ‘‘ foreknow,” ‘‘ know previously,” as in the Apocrypha (Sap 6! a/.) and 2 Pet 3}7, cf. BGU IV. 11418 (B.c. 14) διὰ τὸ προεγνωκέναι (corrected from προεγνωκώς) pe περὶ τῶν ϑακτυλιδίῳων. In 1 Pet 1°° Hort (Comm. ad /.) thinks the meaning is rather ‘‘ designate before ” to a position or function, ?

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

προγινώσκω (proginōskō) — to know/choose. προγιγνώσκω, Ionic dialect and later προγεωργ-γῑνώσκω: future -γνώσομαι: Epic dialect aorist infinitive προγνώμεναι [Refs]:—know, perceive, learn, or understand beforehand, τι [same place]; τὰ στοιχεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in Medicine texts, know before being told, declare unaided, τά τε παρεόντα καὶ τὰ προγεγονότα καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα ἔσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. prognosticate, π. χειμῶνα αἱ μέλιτται [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. foreknow, λαόν [NT]

4. with genitive, π. τῶν θεῶν learn things in advance of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. judge beforehand, ἐς τὸ μέλλον καλὸν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; provide, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, παρὰ τῷ διαιτητῇ προεγνωσμένος ἀδικεῖν judged beforehand to have done wrong, [Refs 4th c.BC+]