Quick Definition
προοράω v. I foresee
Strong's Definition
to behold in advance, i.e. (actively) to notice (another) previously, or (middle voice) to keep in (one's own) view
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G3708 (ὁράω);
KJV Usage: foresee, see before
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.ptc. προϊδών | ὁράω
24.5 · Sensory Events and States · See
to see beforehand to have seen previously to have seen something or someone beforehand or prior to an event in question In some languages an adverb such as ‘previously’ must be represented by a clause, for example, ‘before this happened,’ so that one might translate the expression in ACT 21:29 as ‘for they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian even before this happened.’
1 ACT 2:31 It is possible to understand προοράω in ACT 2:31 as meaning to learn ahead of time or to become aware of ahead of time or even to understand ahead of time. In GAL 3:8 προοράω is used with the Scripture as the subject, in which case it would be the personified Scripture as knowing beforehand, but it is also possible to understand προοράω in GAL 3:8 as meaning to cause something to be known ahead of time.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-οράω, -@; pf. ptep. προεωρακώς ; impf. mid. (Acts ii. 25) προωρώμην, and without augm. (see ὁμοιόω, init.) προορώμην LT Tr WH; fr. Hdt. down ; 1. to see~ before (whether as respects place or time): τινά, Acts xxi. 29. 2. Mid. (rare use) to keep before one’s eyes: metaph. rid, with ἐνώπιόν pov added, to be mindful of one always, Acts ii. 25 fr. Ps. xv. (xvi.) 8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προοράω prooraō 4x
to foresee, Acts 2:31; Gal. 3:8; to see before, Acts 21:29; in NT to have vividly present to the mind, to be mindful of, Acts 2:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ-οράω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: Ps 15 (16):8) (שׁוה pi.), I Es 5:63 A*;]
to see before (as to place or time): c. acc., Ac 21:29. Mid., c. acc., seq. ἐνώπιόν μου, Ac 2:25(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προοράω. For this verb in the act. = ‘‘see beforehand,” cf. BGU II. 372%-* (a.p. 154) (= Chrest. I. p. 33) mpoopavras καὶ προαπαντῶντας, and Vett. Val. p. 834 ἑκάστου οὖν ἀστέρος δεῖ τὰς φύσεις προορᾶν. The mid. in the sense of ‘‘ pay regard to,” as in Ac 239 LXX, may be illustrated by P Par 261-22 (B.c. 163-2) (= Selections, p. 15) οὐδεμίαν εὐλάβειαν προορωμένων, ““paying no regard to religious scruple,’ P Flor I. 999 (i/ii A.D.) (= Selections, p. 72) οὗ χάριν προορώμεθα μήποτε ἐϊπ]ηρεάσηι ἡμεῖν, ‘‘ wherefore we are paying heed lest he should deal despitefully with us,” P Fay 202° (Imperial edict— iii/iv A.D.) προορᾶσθαι τῶν ἐθνῶν ols ἐφεστήκασι, ‘to pay regard to the interests of the people over whom they are placed,” and Sy//* 569!% (B.c. 204-1) προορώμενος τάν τε τῶν ἐναντίων ἐπιβολάν. For the subst. πρόοψις see 20. 880) (A.D. 202) τῇ προόψει τῶν σταθμῶν ἡσθέ[ν)τες. An ex. of προεῖδον is given s.v.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προοράω (prooraō) — to foresee. προορ-άω, future πρόψομαι: perfect προεόρᾱκα: (compare προεῖδον):— see before one, look forward to, τὰ ἔμπροσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see what is just before the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, look before one or forward, εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. foresee, τὸ μέλλον γίνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. with genitive, take thought or care, make provision for.., σεωυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]. α᾽: absolutely, τὸ προορᾶν.. σευ your thoughtfulness, [Refs]
4. see previously, [NT]
II. middle, with perfect and pluperfect passive, look before one, δυοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν προεωρᾶτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. foresee, ἐς οἷα φέρονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. provide for, τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make provision, περὶ τῶν μελλόντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. μή c.infinitive, cavere ne.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]