King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4400
Transliteration: procheirizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (prokh-i-rid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put into the hand, to take into one's hand, to determine
Meaning: to put into the hand, to take into one's hand, to determine
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; 2 Macc. 3:7 2Macc. 8:9; Exodus 4:13): followed by an infinitive of purpose, Acts 22:14; τινα with a predicate accusative Acts 26:16; τινα with a dative of the person for one's use, Joshua 3:12; for one's salvation, passive, Acts 3:20 for Rec. προκεκηρυγμένον (cf. προκηρύσσω, 2).
Word Summary
procheirizomai: to put into the hand, to take into one's hand, to determine
Original Word: προχειρίζομαιTransliteration: procheirizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (prokh-i-rid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to put into the hand, to take into one's hand, to determine
Meaning: to put into the hand, to take into one's hand, to determine
Strong's Concordance
choose, make. Middle voice from pro and a derivative of cheir; to handle for oneself in advance, i.e. (figuratively) to purpose -- choose, make.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK cheir
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4400: προχειρίζωπροχειρίζω (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; 2 Macc. 3:7 2Macc. 8:9; Exodus 4:13): followed by an infinitive of purpose, Acts 22:14; τινα with a predicate accusative Acts 26:16; τινα with a dative of the person for one's use, Joshua 3:12; for one's salvation, passive, Acts 3:20 for Rec. προκεκηρυγμένον (cf. προκηρύσσω, 2).