Appointed or Chosen Beforehand?

[Van]

This thread is about the meaning of G4400, Procheirzo; and this compound word presents the idea of the hand of God choosing someone beforehand for His purpose. So “grasping beforehand” or choose someone beforehand seems to be the literal meaning. To leave "pro" meaning beforehand out of the translation hides the full message of God, or so I believe.

Lets look at the usage of this word in scripture:

Acts 3:20, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,

Here, the predetermined nature of the selection is hidden, but a literal translation, “the Christ chosen beforehand for you presents the full message of God.

Acts 22:14, And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

Again, The God of our fathers has chosen beforehand for you to know… preserves the predetermined aspect of the word.

Acts 26:16 But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;

And once again, “to choose you beforehand as a minister… presents the full meaning of our word.

 

[Van]

The NET bible did a better job of translating our word and did not leave out of scripture the "beforehand" aspect of God's inspired word.

Act 3:20
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you - that is, Jesus.

Act 22:14
Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

Act 26:16
But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.​

But chosen beforehand would still improve all three verse translation choices.

 

[Van]

In looking over many English translations of Acts 3:20, I see several efforts to capture the full meaning of our word,
1) before was preached
2) appointed in advance
3) before was designated and appointed
4) foreordained
5) chose to be
6) already chosen
7) long ago was chosen
8) proclaimed beforehand

But none of these superior efforts best "chosen beforehand."