ΠΡΟΕΚΡΙΘΗ, προεκριθη
PROEKRITHĒ, proekrithē
Sounds Like: PRO-ek-REE-thay
Translations: was chosen beforehand, was preferred, was decided beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΚΡΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive indicative form of the verb προεκρίνω (proekrinō), meaning 'to choose beforehand' or 'to prefer'. As a passive form, it indicates that the subject was the recipient of the action, meaning 'it was chosen beforehand' or 'it was preferred'. It is a compound word formed from πρό (pro, 'before') and ἐκρίνω (ekrinō, 'to choose out, to decide').
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4264 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 9:221
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΚΡΙΝΩ.
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- ΠΡΟΕΚΡΙΝΑ — to prefer, to choose beforehand, to choose before
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