foreapprove

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ approve.

Verb

foreapprove (third-person singular simple present foreapproves, present participle foreapproving, simple past and past participle foreapproved)

1. To approve beforehand.
   • 1897, Elijah Hansbrough, Writings:

     To foreknow is to foreapprove, or approved before on account of obedience to his will, hence Paul says, "God hath not cast away his people whom he foreknew.

   • 1958, Boyce W. Blackwelder, Light from the Greek New Testament:

     God purposed from eternity that those whom he foreapproved should be conformed to the image of his Son.

   • 1984, Spiros Zodhiates, The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible:

     Distinct meanings: (1) To know before, whether a person (Acts 26:5), or a thing (II Pet. 3:17). (2) To foreknow with approbation, to foreapprove or make a previous choice of, as a peculiar people (Amos 32, ginoskō in the Septuagint; I Pet. […])

   • 2005, Dr. C. Matthew McMahon, The Two Wills of God:

     [It is used] to foreapprove or to make a previous choice of (Romans 8:29). To foreknow is to foreordain as they are logically coordinate terms.

Related terms

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