Strong's G4255 · Greek

προαιρέομαι

proaireomai · pro-ahee-reh'-om-ahee

from 4253 and 138; to choose for oneself before another thing (prefer), i.e. (by implication) to propose (intend)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

 1 προ-αιρέω , -ῶ , [in LXX: for חשׁק , etc.;] to bring forth or forward . Most freq. in mid., to take by choice , prefer , propose : II Co 9:7 .† 

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain