- προνοέω
- προνοέω 1 aor. 3 sg. προενόησεν Wsd 13:16, inf. προνοῆσαι (Just., D. 116, 2); mid. pf. 2 pl. προνενόησθε (Ath. 1, 3); aor. mid.-pass. impv. 2 sg. προνοήθητι 2 Macc 14:9, subj. 3 sg. προνοηθῇ Da 11:37 (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; Just.; Tat. 2, 2; Ath.) ‘to think about someth. beforehand’① to give careful thought to, take thought for, take into consideration, have regard for w. gen. foll. (Jos., Ant. 1, 53 ἀρετῆς) ἁγνείας Pol 5:3. τοῦ καλοῦ ἐνώπιον θεοῦ 6:1. W. acc. καλὰ ἐνώπιον κυρίου (cp. Pr 3:4 for this and Pol 6:1) 2 Cor 8:21. Foll. by πῶς so that D 12:4.—The mid. in the same sense (Thu.+; ins, pap, LXX, Philo; Jos., Ant. 9, 3; 19, 309 al.; Just., A I, 44, 11; Ath. 1, 3), w. acc. (X., Mem. 4, 3, 12) καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων Ro 12:17; cp. 2 Cor 8:21 v.l.② to think about beforehand in a solicitous manner, care for, provide for someone/someth. w. gen. (X.+; Maximus Tyr. 5, 4c [προνοεῖ ὁ θεὸς τοῦ ὅλου]; ins [e.g. New Docs 7, 234 no. 10, 23], pap; Wsd 13:16; Philo, Virt. 216; Just., D. 1, 4 al.) τῶν ἰδίων καὶ μάλιστα οἰκείων his own people and especially the members of his family 1 Ti 5:8 (Horapollo 2, 108 ὑπὸ τ. οἰκείων προνοούμενος; New Docs 8, 113–16); the v.l. has the mid. in the same sense (Horap., loc. cit. προνοούμενος ἑαυτοῦ).—M-M. DELG s.v. νόος. TW.
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