Definition

to know beforehand, i.e. foresee

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G1097 (γινώσκω);

Word family

• πρό pró
• γινώσκω ginṓskō

How the KJV renders it

• foreknow (ordain)
• know (before)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.