Word Summary
proorizō: to predetermine, foreordain
Original Word: προορίζωTransliteration: proorizō
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-or-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to predetermine, foreordain
Meaning: to predetermine, foreordain
Strong's Concordance
determine before, ordain, predestinate.
From pro and horizo; to limit in advance, i.e. (figuratively) predetermine -- determine before, ordain, predestinate.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK horizo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4309: προορίζωπροορίζω: 1 aorist
προορισα; 1 aorist passive participle
προορισθεντες;
to predetermine, decide beforehand, Vulg. (except in Acts)
praedestino (
R. V. to foreordain): in the N. T. of God decreeing from eternity, followed by an accusative with the infinitive
Acts 4:28;
τί, with the addition of
πρό τῶν αἰώνων 1 Corinthians 2:7;
τινα, with a predicate acc,
to foreordain, appoint beforehand, Romans 8:29f;
τινα εἰς τί, one to obtain a thing.
Ephesians 1:5;
προορισθεντες namely,
κληρωθῆναι,
Ephesians 1:11. (
Heliodorus and ecclesiastical writings. (
Ignatius ad Eph. tit.))