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Acts 4:28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
Romans 8:29-30 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Ephesians 1:5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Ephesians 1:11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
Strong's Greek: 4309. προορίζω (proorizó) -- to predetermine, foreordain
4309. proorizó ►
Strong's Concordance
proorizó: to predetermine, foreordain
Original Word: προορίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: proorizó
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-or-id'-zo)
Definition: to predetermine, foreordain
Usage: I foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand.
4309 proorízō (from 4253 /pró, "before" and 3724 /horízō, "establish boundaries, limits") – properly, pre-horizon, pre-determine limits (boundaries) predestine.
[4309 (proorízō) occurs six times in the NT (eight in the writings of Paul). Since the root (3724 /horízō) already means "establish boundaries," the added prefix (pro, "before") makes 4309 (proorízō) "to pre-establish boundaries," i.e. before creation.]
Predestinate - Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words - Bible Dictionary
Predestinate
1: προορίζω [
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(Strong's #4309 — Verb — proorizo — pro-or-id'-zo )
see DETERMINE.
Note: This verb is to be distinguished from proginosko, "to foreknow;" the latter has special reference to the persons foreknown by God; proorizo has special reference to that to which the subjects of His foreknowledge are "predestinated." See FOREKNOW , A and B.
Determine
Determine, Determinate - Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words - Bible Dictionary
2: ὁρίζω [
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(Strong's #3724 — Verb — horizo — hor-id'-zo )
denotes "to bound to set a boundary" (Eng., "horizon"); hence, "to mark out definitely, determine;" it is translated "to determine" in Luke 22:22 , of the foreordained pathway of Christ; Acts 11:29 , of a "determination" to send relief; Acts 17:26 , where it is used of fixing the bounds of seasons. In Acts 2:23 the verb is translated "determinate," with reference to counsel. Here the verbal form might have been adhered to by the translation "determined;" that is to say, in the sense of "settled." In Romans 1:4 it is translated "declared," where the meaning is that Christ was marked out as the Son of God by His resurrection and that of others (see under DECLARE). In Acts 10:42 ; 17:31 it has its other meaning of "ordain," that is, "to appoint by determined counsel." In Hebrews 4:7 , it is translated "limiteth," but preferably in the RV, "defineth," with reference to a certain period; here again it approaches its primary meaning of marking out the bounds of. See DECLARE , No. 9, LIMIT ORDAIN.
3: προορίζω [
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(Strong's #4309 — Verb — proozio — pro-or-id'-zo )
pro, "beforehand," and No. 2, denotes "to mark out beforehand, to determine before, foreordain;" in Acts 4:28 , AV, "determined before," RV, "foreordained;" so the RV in 1 Corinthians 2:7 , AV, "ordained;" in Romans 8:29,30 and Ephesians 1:5,11 , AV, "predestinate," RV, "foreordain." See ORDAIN , Note (1), PREDESTINATE.
