foreapprove

present singular third person foreapproves · participle present foreapproving · participle past foreapproved · past foreapproved

1. To approve beforehand.

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

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

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   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.

   1897, Elijah Hansbrough, Writings

   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. […])

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

   [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.

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