Proorizo means “determine before” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4309 — matri in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4309 προορίζω (proorizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. proorizo (proh-or-id'-zo) v. 1. to limit in advance 2. (figuratively) predetermine It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include before and predestinate. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
proorizo (proh-or-id'-zo) v. 1. to limit in advance 2. (figuratively) predetermine [from G4253 and G3724] KJV: determine before, ordain, predestinate Root(s): G4253, G3724
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4309. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to predestine
Usage: προ-ορίζω to predetermine, foreordain: with accusative, Rom.8:30; id. and inf., Act.4:28; id. before εἰς, 1Co.2:7, Eph.1:5; with dupl. accusative, Rom.8:26; pass., Eph.1:11.† (AS)
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4309.
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4309, grouped by book.
Proorizo (Strong's G4309) is a Greek word most simply glossed "determine before". proorizo (proh-or-id'-zo) v. 1. to limit in advance 2. (figuratively) predetermine
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G4309 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4309 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as before and predestinate. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.