Definition

to choose for oneself before another thing (prefer), i.e. (by implication) to propose (intend)

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G138 (αἱρέομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• purpose

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.

What the first audience heard

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