Procheirizomai means “choose” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4400 — malakuth (“message”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4400 προχειρίζομαι (procheirizomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. procheirizomai (prokh-ei-rid'-zom-ai) v. 1. to handle for oneself in advance 2. (figuratively) to purpose It has 7 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include voice and purpose. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
procheirizomai (prokh-ei-rid'-zom-ai) v. 1. to handle for oneself in advance 2. (figuratively) to purpose [middle voice from G4253 and a derivative of G5495] KJV: choose, make Root(s): G4253, G5495
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4400. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to appoint
Usage: προ-χειρίζω (πρόχειρος, at hand) [in LXX: Exo.4:13 (שָׁלַח), Jos.3:12 (לָקַח), Dan LXX 3:22, 2Ma.3:7 2Mac 8:9 2Mac 14:12 A * ;] __1. to put into the hand, deliver up: pass., Act.3:20. __2. More frequently as depon., -ομαι, to take into one's hand; hence, metaphorically, to propose, determine, choose: with inf., Act.22:14; with accusative of person(s), Act.26:16.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render procheirizomai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4400 (προχειρίζομαι) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Moses said, I pray thee, Lord, appoint another able person whom thou shalt send.
Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Now when Apollonius came to the king, and had shown him of the money whereof he was told, the king chose out Heliodorus his treasurer, and sent him with a commandment to bring him the foresaid money.
Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth,
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4400.
And Moses said, I pray thee, Lord, appoint another able person whom thou shalt send.
Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Now when Apollonius came to the king, and had shown him of the money whereof he was told, the king chose out Heliodorus his treasurer, and sent him with a commandment to bring him the foresaid money.
Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4400, grouped by book.
Procheirizomai (Strong's G4400) is a Greek word most simply glossed "choose". procheirizomai (prokh-ei-rid'-zom-ai) v. 1. to handle for oneself in advance 2. (figuratively) to purpose
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G4400 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4400 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as voice and purpose. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4400, with linked reader references where each row is available.