Quick Definition
προχειροτονέω v. I designate beforehand
Strong's Definition
from 4253 and 5500; to elect in advance
KJV Usage: choose before
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | χείρ + τείνω
30.89 · Think · To Choose, To Select, To Prefer
to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance to choose for a particular purpose in advance
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-χειρο-τονέω, -@: pf. pass. ptep. προκεχειροτονημένος ; (see χειροτονέω) ; to choose or designate beforehand: Acts x. 41. (Plat. lege. 6 p. 765 b.e., [Aeschin., Dem.], Dio Cass. 50, 4.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προχειροτονέω procheirotoneō 1x
pr. to elect before Acts 10:41*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* προ-χειρο-τονέω, -ῶ
(v. χειροτονέω),
to choose or appoint beforehand: Ac 10:41 (Plat., al.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προχειροτονέω, ‘‘appoint beforehand,” which in Biblical Greek is confined to Ac τοῦ, meets us in the official report BGU IV. 1191° (c. end i/B.C.) τῶι προκεχειροτονημένωι. Cf. χειροτονέω. TpBUve, “stern.”” In P Cairo Zen I. 590548 (B.C. 257) a boat (κέρκουρος) is described as Tot ἄκρου συνοξῦναι τοῦ περὶ τὴν TPOTEV® πρύμναν πλάτος πήχεις BL, ‘being two and a half cubits broad at the narrow end round the stern” (Ed.), The same document shows us the adj. πρυμνητικός d7s. For πρύμνα opposed to πρῴρα, cf. P Mon I. 413 (a.p. 581) ἀπὸ πρώρας μέχρι πρύμνης, ‘from prow to stern.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προχειροτονέω (procheirotoneō) — to choose. προχειροτον-έω, choose, elect before, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάρτυρες -κεχειροτονημένοι ὑπὸ θεοῦ [NT+2nd c.AD+]
2. take a preliminary or previous vote, περὶ ἱερῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]