Quick Definition
I appoint, choose, elect
Strong's Definition
to handle for oneself in advance, i.e. (figuratively) to purpose
Derivation: middle voice from G4253 (πρό) and a derivative of G5495 (χείρ);
KJV Usage: choose, make
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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; 2Ma_3:7 2Ma_8:9; Exo_4:13): followed by an infinitive of purpose, Act_22:14; τινα with a predicate accusative Act_26:16; τινα with a dative of the person for one's use, Jos_3:12; for one's salvation, passive, Act_3:20 for Rec. προκεκηρυγμένον (cf. προκηρύσσω, 2).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προχειρίζω procheirizō 3x
also listed as a deponent, προχειρίζομαι , to take into the hand, to make ready for use or a ction; to constitute, destine, Act_3:20 ; Act_22:14 ; Act_26:16 * appoint; choose.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ -χειρίζω
( <πρόχειρος , at hand),
[in LXX : Exo_4:13 ( H7971 ), Jos_3:12 ( H3947 ), Da LXX Dan_3:22 , 2Ma_3:7 ; 2Ma_8:9 ; 2Ma_14:12 A * ;]
1. to put into the hand, deliver up: pass ., Act_3:20 .
2. More freq . as depon., -ομαι , to take into one's hand; hence, metaph ., to propose , determine, choose: c . inf ., Act_22:14 ; c . acc pers ., Act_26:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προχειρίζομαι [page 556]
For the metaph. use of this verb elect, appoint, as in Act_22:14 ; Act_26:16 , cf. P Leid L ii. 3 (= I. p. 55) (Ptol.) Ἀσκληπιάδης ὁ π [ρο ]κεχειρισμένος πρὸ [ς ] τῇ γεωμετρίᾳ ὑπὸ Σαρ [α ]πίωνος , P Fay 14 .1 (B.C. 124) οἱ προκεχιρισμένοι πράκτορες , the appointed collectors, P Amh II. 69 .2 (A.D. 154) Ἀφροδισίωι καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ προχειρισθεῖσι πρὸς παράλημψ (ιν ) κ̣[αὶ κα ]τακομιδὴν βιβλίως (= ν ), to Aphrodisius and those appointed with him to receive and transmit the accounts (Edd.), P Lond 376 .5 (= II. p. 77) (A.D. 159) ἀντὶ τοῦ συνήθους προχιριζομένου ὑπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου ἐπιστρατήγου , instead of the usual person appointed by the epistrategus, and Syll 279 (= .3 601) .5 (B.C. 193) Μένιππος . . . προχειρισθεὶς καὶ ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν πρεσβεῦσαι περὶ τῆς πόλεως .
For subst. προχειρισμός (not in LS 8 ) see P Amh II. 39 .1 (B.C. 103) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 106).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-χειρίζω
(πρόχειρος, at hand) [in LXX: Exo.4:13 (שָׁלַח), Jos.3:12 (לָקַח), Dan LXX 3:22, 2Ma.3:7 2Mac 8:9 2Mac 14:12 A * ;]
__1. to put into the hand, deliver up: pass., Act.3:20.
__2. More frequently as depon., -ομαι, to take into one's hand; hence, metaphorically, to propose, determine, choose: with inf., Act.22:14; with accusative of person(s), Act.26:16.†
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