Foreapprove
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Foreapprove is a verb meaning To approve beforehand.
Meaning
To approve beforehand.
Example Sentences
God purposed from eternity that those whom he foreapproved should be conformed to the image of his Son.
[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.
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.
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. […])
Word Forms
- foreapproves
- foreapproving
- foreapproved
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preapprove, preauthorize, forelook, prefigure, foreadvise, forewarn.
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