🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G4267
G4267

προγινώσκω

proginṓskō [prog-in-oce'-ko] Verb
Core meaningto know/choose

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G4267

to know beforehand, i.e. foresee

KJV usage: :--foreknow (ordain), know (before).
Etymology: from and ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

to know beforehand, to be previously acquainted with, Acts 26:5; 2 Pet. 3:17; to determine on beforehand, to foreordain, 1 Pet. 1:20; in NT, from the Hebrew, to foreknow, to appoint as the subject of future privileges, Rom. 8:29; 11:2*

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