verb
procheirotonomō
Strong’sG4401
I designate beforehand
stem procheiroton-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* προ-χειρο-τονέω, -ῶ
(v. χειροτονέω),
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
choose, elect before, Refs 5th c.BC+; μάρτυρες -κεχειροτονημένοι ὑπὸ θεοῦ NT+2nd c.AD+
2 take a preliminary or previous vote, περὶ ἱερῶν Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| procheirotonorēntoiπροκεχειροτονημένοις | has happened · to, forperfect middle or 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | procheirotonomō | procheirotonome | procheirotonomē | procheirotonomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | procheirotonosō | procheirotonose | procheirotonosē | procheirotonoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | procheirotonotō | procheirotonote | procheirotonotē | procheirotonotelē |
| we 1st person plural | procheirotononō | procheirotonone | procheirotononē | procheirotononelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | procheirotonovō | procheirotonove | procheirotonovē | procheirotonovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | procheirotonolō | procheirotonole | procheirotonolē | procheirotonolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | procheirotonomeiō | procheirotonomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | procheirotonoseiō | procheirotonoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | procheirotonoteiō | procheirotonoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | procheirotononeiō | procheirotononeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | procheirotonoveiō | procheirotonoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | procheirotonoleiō | procheirotonoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | procheirotonosōr | procheirotonosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | procheirotonotōr | procheirotonotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | procheirotonovōr | procheirotonovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | procheirotonolōr | procheirotonolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | procheirotonomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | procheirotonosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | procheirotonotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | procheirotononoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | procheirotonovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | procheirotonoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | procheirotonorō | procheirotonorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | procheirotonorōntos | procheirotonorēntos1× |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
procheirotonorēntoi“chosen”has happened · to, forperfect middle or passive participle dative plural masculine1×
Acts 10:41… panto to lao alla marturoi toi procheirotonorēntoi hupo tou theou, ni, hotinois sunesthiana …… but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and …