Quick Definition
προβλέπομαι v. I provide, foresee
Strong's Definition
to look out beforehand, i.e. furnish in advance
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G991 (βλέπω);
KJV Usage: provide
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | βλέπω
35.35 · (προβλέπομαι[a]) · Help, Care For · Provide For, Support
to provide for to provide for the needs of others, with the implication of anticipating such a need It may be possible to translate προβλέπομαι in HEB 11:40 as ‘to provide for by foreseeing’ or ‘... by determining in advance’ (see 30.100).
30.100 · (προβλέπομαι[b]) · Think · To Choose, To Select, To Prefer
to choose beforehand, to select in advance to choose or select in advance of some other event It is also possible to understand προβλέπομαι in HEB 11:40 as meaning ‘to decide in advance’ (compare the meanings in 30.84) or ‘to provide for’ (35.35).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-βλέπω : to foresee (Ps. xxxvi. (xxxvii.) 13; Dion. 118]. antt. 11, 20); 1 aor. mid. ptep. eee es ae to provide : τὶ περί τινος; Heb. xi. 40 [W. ὃ 985.0Ὁ. eos: (167)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προβλέπω problepō 1x
to foresee; mid. to provide beforehand, Heb. 11:40*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† προ-βλέπω,
[in LXX: Ps 36 (37):13 (ראה)*;]
to foresee: mid., He 11:40 (v. Bl., § 24, 55, 1).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προβλέπω (problepō) — to foresee/plan. προβλέπω, foresee, ὅτι ἥξει ἡ ἡμέρα [LXX]; provide against, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; provide, θανάτου μνημόσυνον [Refs]:—middle, θεοῦ περὶ ἡμῶν τι προβλεψαμένου [NT]