What does προχειρίζομαι (procheirízomai) mean in the Bible?
προχειρίζομαι (procheirízomai): To appoint by deliberately taking someone into one's hand; choose for a specific purpose or role.
Greek · G4400
προχειρίζομαι
To appoint
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προχειρίζομαι G4400
Pronunciation procheirízomai
What does προχειρίζομαι (procheirízomai) mean in the Bible?
προχειρίζομαι (procheirízomai): To appoint by deliberately taking someone into one's hand; choose for a specific purpose or role.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4400?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include appoint (1), has appointed (1), has been appointed (1).
Where does προχειρίζομαι (procheirízomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 3:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It appoint 1× Acts 26:16
has appointed 1× Acts 22:14
has been appointed 1× Acts 3:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 3:20
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
προεχειρίσατό 1x proecheirisato Acts 22:14
προκεχειρισμένον 1x prokecheirismenon Acts 3:20
προχειρίσασθαί 1x procheirisasthai Acts 26:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 22:14
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle 1x Acts 26:16
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 3:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To appoint by deliberately taking someone into one's hand; choose for a specific purpose or role.
Strong's G4400
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 3:20 Source Gloss
to appoint
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To appoint by deliberately taking someone into one's hand; choose for a specific purpose or role.
(πρόχειρος, at hand) [in LXX: Exo.4:13 (שָׁלַח), Jos.3:12 (לָקַח), Dan LXX 3:22, 2Ma.3:7 2Mac 8:9 2Mac 14:12 A * ;]
1to put into the hand, deliver up: pass., Act.3:20.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 22:14 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
προεχειρίσατό proeceirisato
I appoint, choose, elect
Read verse Acts 26:16 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Infinitive
προχειρίσασθαί proceirisasqai
I appoint, choose, elect
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.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Perfect, Aorist Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Middle Acts 3:20 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 22:14 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Middle Acts 26:16 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 perfect 1
Voice
middle 2 passive 1
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
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)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
God appointed or designated Jesus Christ beforehand for salvation
God chose and determined Paul to know His will and see the righteous one
Jesus appointed Paul as a minister and witness of the things he had seen
Word Origins
προχειρίζομαι is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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