ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ, προαιρουμενοι
PROAIROUMENOI, proairoumenoi
Sounds Like: pro-ahee-ROO-meh-noy
Translations: choosing, preferring, purposing, intending, deciding, selecting, resolving, a choosing, a preferring
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'choosing for oneself,' 'preferring,' 'purposing,' or 'intending.' It is a compound word formed from the preposition πρό (pro), meaning 'before' or 'in front of,' and the verb αἱρέω (haireō), meaning 'to take,' 'to choose,' or 'to grasp.' Thus, it literally means 'to take before' or 'to choose beforehand,' implying a deliberate decision or preference. It describes someone who is in the act of making a choice or setting a purpose.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G4264 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:36
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΙΤΑΙ — chooses, prefers, purposes, intends, resolves, determines
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΩ — to choose, to prefer, to purpose, to intend, to resolve
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΗ — choose, prefer, purpose, intend, decide, resolve
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΗΣΘΕ — you may choose, you may prefer, you may decide, you may purpose
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΗΤΑΙ — he chooses, he prefers, he purposes, he decides, he determines, he resolves
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we choose beforehand, we prefer, we purpose, we resolve, we decide
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — choosing, preferring, purposing, intending, deciding, resolving, selecting, of those choosing, to those choosing
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — choosing, preferring, intending, purposing, deciding, a choosing one, that which is chosen
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — choosing, preferring, purposing, intending, deciding, a choosing, a preferring, a purposing, an intending, a deciding
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — choosing, preferring, purposing, intending, deciding, selecting, of choosing, of preferring, of purposing, of intending, of deciding, of selecting
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — choosing, preferring, purposing, intending, selecting, deciding, a choosing, a preferring
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — choosing, preferring, purposing, intending, deciding, of those choosing, of those preferring, of those purposing, of those intending, of those deciding
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they choose, they prefer, they purpose, they intend, they resolve
- ΠΡΟΑΙΡΩΝΤΑΙ — they choose, they prefer, they decide, they purpose, they resolve
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΑΝΤΟ — they chose beforehand, they preferred, they purposed
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΑΤΟ — chose, he chose, she chose, it chose, preferred, he preferred, she preferred, it preferred
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΕΝ — he chose beforehand, he preferred, he purposed, he decided
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΟΜΗΝ — I chose, I preferred, I decided, I purposed
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΟΝΤΟ — they chose, they preferred, they decided, they purposed
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΟΥ — you chose, you preferred, you selected, you purposed
- ΠΡΟΕΙΛΩ — choose, prefer, elect, decide, purpose
- ΠΡΟΕΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to choose, to prefer, to choose beforehand, to decide, to purpose
- ΠΡΟΕΛΟΙΤΟ — he might choose, he might prefer, he might elect
- ΠΡΟΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of one who has chosen, of one who has preferred, of one who has purposed, of one who has determined
- ΠΡΟΕΛΟΥΣΑ — choosing, having chosen, preferring, having preferred, purposing, having purposed
- ΠΡΟΗΡΕΙΤΟ — he preferred, he chose, he purposed, he decided
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΑΙ — I have chosen beforehand, I have preferred, I have purposed, I have determined
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΘΑ — we have chosen, we have preferred, we have purposed, we have decided
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΙ — chosen beforehand, preferred, purposed, determined, decided, resolved
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who have been chosen, (to) those who have been purposed, (to) those who have been preferred
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΝ — chosen beforehand, purposed, preferred, decided upon, determined
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΣ — chosen beforehand, preferred, purposed, determined, resolved
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΟΥΣ — chosen beforehand, preferred, purposed, those chosen beforehand, those preferred
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΩ — chosen, preferred, purposed, decided, determined, resolved, intended
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who have chosen beforehand, of those who have preferred, of those who have decided upon, of those who have purposed
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΝΤΑΙ — they have chosen, they have preferred, they have purposed, they have decided
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΤΑΙ — he has purposed, he has decided beforehand, he has chosen beforehand, he has preferred, he has determined
- ΠΡΟΗΡΗΤΟ — he had chosen, he had preferred, he had purposed, he had decided, he had resolved
- ΠΡΟΗΡΟΥΜΗΝ — I was choosing before, I was preferring, I was purposing, I was determining
- ΠΡΟΗΣΗ — choice, purpose, intention, preference, decision, resolution
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