Quick Definition
to predetermine
Strong's Definition
to pre-arrange, i.e. prescribe
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G5021 (τάσσω);
KJV Usage: before appoint
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προτάσσω: perfect passive participle προτεταγμενος;
1. to place before.
2. to appoint before, define beforehand: χρόνον, Sophocles Trach. 164; καιρούς, passive, Act_17:26 Rec. (see προστάσσω, 2); νόμους, passive, 2Ma_8:36.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
not given
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προ -τάσσω ,
[in LXX : 2Ma_8:36 R (Α , προστ -) * ;]
1. to place in front.
2. to arrange beforehand: Act_17:26 , Rec. (for προστ ., Edd.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προτάσσω [page 553]
appoint beforehand, is read in the TR of Act_17:26 (cf. 2Ma_8:36 ) : cf. P Oxy VIII. 1112 .18 (A.D. 188) Ἀπολλώνιο [ς ] ὁ προτεταγμέ (νος ), Apollonius the aforesaid, ib . VI. 889 .15 (iv/A.D.) τοῦ προτετα̣γ [μένου ] ( sc . ἐπιστάλματος , or the like), and P Amh II. 145 .24 (iv/v A.D.) τοῦτο γὰρ προτάττεσθαι εὔλογον , for it is right that this should be put in the foremost place (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
προτάσσω attic -ττω fut. ξω "to place or post in front", πρ. σφῶν αὐτῶν Ἀστύμαχον "put" him "at their head", as speaker, Thuc. :—Mid., προετάξατο τῆς φάλαγγος τοὺς ἱππέας "he posted his" horse "in front" of it, Xen. :— Pass. "to stand before" one, so as "to protect", Aesch. ; τὸ προταχθέν, οἱ προτεταγμένοι "the front ranks, van", Xen. generally, "to appoint or determine beforehand", χρόνον Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-τάσσω
[in LXX: 2Ma.8:36 R (Α, προστ-) * ;]
__1. to place in front.
__2. to arrange beforehand: Act.17:26, Rec. (for προστ., Edd.).†
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