What does προτάσσω (protássō) mean in the Bible?
προτάσσω (protássō) is a Greek word meaning "to predetermine".
Greek · G4384
προτάσσω
To predetermine
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προτάσσω G4384
Pronunciation protássō
What does προτάσσω (protássō) mean in the Bible?
προτάσσω (protássō) is a Greek word meaning "to predetermine".
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. to predetermine
Source Gloss
to predetermine
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
1to place in front.
2to arrange beforehand: Act.17:26, Rec. (for προστ., Edd.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:26 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
προτεταγμένους protetagmenouv
pre-arrange, prescribe
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
participle 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
προτάσσω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain