προορίζω
proorizō
to predestine
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word προορίζω (proorizō), with a Strong's number of G4309, means "to predestine." This implies determining or designating something in advance. In the 6 occurrences of this word in the Bible, it emphasizes a sense of predetermined decision-making. This usage suggests a deliberate and intentional act of choosing or setting aside something for a specific purpose. It can imply a level of foresight and planning. The significance of προορίζω lies in its implications for the concept of predetermination. It highlights the idea that some events or decisions are predetermined and may be beyond human control.
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Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
Romans 8:29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Romans 8:30Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
1 Corinthians 2:7But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
Ephesians 1:5having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
Ephesians 1:11We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,