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Strong's #4401 - προχειροτονέω
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- to choose or designate beforehand
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προχειροτον-έω,
choose, elect before, Pl. Lg. 765b ( Pass. ); μάρτυρες -κεχειροτονημένοι ὑπὸ θεοῦ Acts 10:41; ἐς ὑπατείαν D.C. 50.4 ( Pass. ).
2. take a preliminary or previous vote, περὶ ἱερῶν Aeschin. 1.23, cf. D. 24.11 .
προχειροτονέω, προχειροτόνω: perfect passive participle προκεχειροτονημενος; (see χειροτονέω); to choose or designate beforehand: Acts 10:41. (Plato, legg. 6, p. 765 b. c. (Aeschines, Demosthenes), Dio Cassius, 50, 4.)
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* προ -χειρο -τονέω , -ῶ
(v. χειροτονέω ),
to choose or appoint beforehand: Acts 10:41 (Plat., al.).†
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For ῥομφαία, a Thracian weapon of large size, see Hastings’ DB iv. p. 634, where the different uses of the word are fully illustrated. In the NT it is found sexies in Rev, and once, metaphorically, in Luke 2:35.
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