προγινώσκω
proginōskō (G4267)
to know/choose
AI Word Study
The Greek word προγινώσκω (proginōskō) is primarily defined as "to know" or "to choose." This verb falls under the semantic domain of Cognition & Perception, indicating its connection to the act of acquiring knowledge or understanding. In the limited number of Bible occurrences (5), this word is used in specific contexts. Without more information about these contexts, we can infer that προγινώσκω may be involved in situations where decision-making, insight, or discernment is crucial. Its meaning, to "know" or "choose," implies a level of awareness or agency in making selections. Given its rare occurrence in the Bible (5 times), further analysis is challenging without exploring the specific passages where προγινώσκω is used. Nevertheless, its connection to cognition and the act of choosing suggests that it might be a critical concept in particular narratives, underscoring the significance of understanding and agency in key events.
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having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.