Quick Definition
προείδω v. I see beforehand
Strong's Definition
foresee
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G1492 (εἴδω);
KJV Usage: foresee, saw before
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-οράω, -@; pf. ptep. προεωρακώς ; impf. mid. (Acts ii. 25) προωρώμην, and without augm. (see ὁμοιόω, init.) προορώμην LT Tr WH; fr. Hdt. down ; 1. to see~ before (whether as respects place or time): τινά, Acts xxi. 29. 2. Mid. (rare use) to keep before one’s eyes: metaph. rid, with ἐνώπιόν pov added, to be mindful of one always, Acts ii. 25 fr. Ps. xv. (xvi.) 8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προοράω prooraō 4x
to foresee, Acts 2:31; Gal. 3:8; to see before, Acts 21:29; in NT to have vividly present to the mind, to be mindful of, Acts 2:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ-εῖδον, aor. without pres. in use (v.s. προοράω),
[in LXX: Ge 37:18 (ראה), Ps 138 (139):3 (סכן hi.)*;]
to foresee: Ac 2:31 (προϊδών; WH, προιδών), Ga 3:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προοράω. For this verb in the act. = ‘‘see beforehand,” cf. BGU II. 372%-* (a.p. 154) (= Chrest. I. p. 33) mpoopavras καὶ προαπαντῶντας, and Vett. Val. p. 834 ἑκάστου οὖν ἀστέρος δεῖ τὰς φύσεις προορᾶν. The mid. in the sense of ‘‘ pay regard to,” as in Ac 239 LXX, may be illustrated by P Par 261-22 (B.c. 163-2) (= Selections, p. 15) οὐδεμίαν εὐλάβειαν προορωμένων, ““paying no regard to religious scruple,’ P Flor I. 999 (i/ii A.D.) (= Selections, p. 72) οὗ χάριν προορώμεθα μήποτε ἐϊπ]ηρεάσηι ἡμεῖν, ‘‘ wherefore we are paying heed lest he should deal despitefully with us,” P Fay 202° (Imperial edict— iii/iv A.D.) προορᾶσθαι τῶν ἐθνῶν ols ἐφεστήκασι, ‘to pay regard to the interests of the people over whom they are placed,” and Sy//* 569!% (B.c. 204-1) προορώμενος τάν τε τῶν ἐναντίων ἐπιβολάν. For the subst. πρόοψις see 20. 880) (A.D. 202) τῇ προόψει τῶν σταθμῶν ἡσθέ[ν)τες. An ex. of προεῖδον is given s.v.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προεῖδον (proeidon) — to foresee. προεῖδον, aorist with no present in use, προοράω being used instead, participle προϊδών, infinitive προϊδεῖν:— look forward, ὀξὺ μάλα προϊδών [Refs 8th c.BC+]; see beforehand, catch sight of, μή πώς με προϊδὼν.. ἀλέηται [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, προΐδωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. foresee, portend, κακότητος ἀνάγκας Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. take thought for, ἡμέων οἰκοφθορημένων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν τι αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν ἀποβαινόντων) [Refs 5th c.BC+] —mostly in middle, προϊδόμενος (προειδομένους codices) αὐτῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν τοῦ χωρίου προείδετο did not worry about.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]