verb

procheirotonimō

Greekπροχειροτονέω (procheirotoneō)

Strong’sG4401

I designate beforehand

stem procheiroton-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

chosen1×

What it means

* προ-χειρο-τονέω, -ῶ

(v. χειροτονέω),

to choose or appoint beforehand: Ac 10:41 (Plat., al.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4401 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprokh-i-rot-on-eh'-o

to elect in advance

Fromfrom G4253 and G5500;

King Jameschoose before.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
procheirotonirētoiπροκεχειροτονημένοις	has happened · to, forperfect passive participle dative plural masculine	chosen	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	procheirotonimō	procheirotonime	procheirotonimi	procheirotonima	procheirotonimē	procheirotonimelē
you 2nd person singular	procheirotonisō	procheirotonise	procheirotonisi	procheirotonisa	procheirotonisē	procheirotoniselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	procheirotonitō	procheirotonite	procheirotoniti	procheirotonita	procheirotonitē	procheirotonitelē
we 1st person plural	procheirotoninō	procheirotonine	procheirotonini	procheirotonina	procheirotoninē	procheirotoninelē
ye 2nd person plural	procheirotonivō	procheirotonive	procheirotonivi	procheirotoniva	procheirotonivē	procheirotonivelē
they 3rd person plural	procheirotonilō	procheirotonile	procheirotonili	procheirotonila	procheirotonilē	procheirotonilelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	procheirotonimeiō	procheirotonimeia	procheirotonimeiē
you 2nd person singular	procheirotoniseiō	procheirotoniseia	procheirotoniseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	procheirotoniteiō	procheirotoniteia	procheirotoniteiē
we 1st person plural	procheirotonineiō	procheirotonineia	procheirotonineiē
ye 2nd person plural	procheirotoniveiō	procheirotoniveia	procheirotoniveiē
they 3rd person plural	procheirotonileiō	procheirotonileia	procheirotonileiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	procheirotonisōr	procheirotonisar	procheirotonisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	procheirotonitōr	procheirotonitar	procheirotonitēr
ye 2nd person plural	procheirotonivōr	procheirotonivar	procheirotonivēr
they 3rd person plural	procheirotonilōr	procheirotonilar	procheirotonilēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	procheirotonimoiō	procheirotonimoia
you 2nd person singular	procheirotonisoiō	procheirotonisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	procheirotonitoiō	procheirotonitoia
we 1st person plural	procheirotoninoiō	procheirotoninoia
ye 2nd person plural	procheirotonivoiō	procheirotonivoia
they 3rd person plural	procheirotoniloiō	procheirotoniloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	procheirotonirō	procheirotoniri	procheirotonira	procheirotonirē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	procheirotonirōtos	procheirotoniritos	procheirotoniratos	procheirotonirētos1×

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

procheirotonstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

procheiroton is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

procheirotonirētoi“chosen”has happened · to, forperfect passive participle dative plural masculine1×

Acts 10:41“chosen”ouk panto to lao alla marturoi toi procheirotonirētoi hupo tou theou, ni, hotinois sunesthiana kai sumpinana auto meta tem anistanara auton ek nekroiu;not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.