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FOREGOING
(
$ 1
, 4254), when used intransitively, signifies either to “lead the way,”
or “to go before, precede”; in Heb. 7:18, it is used of the commandment of the Law (v.
16), as preceding the bringing in of “a better hope” (
RV
, “foregoing”). See
BRING
,
GO
.
FOREHEAD
(
!
, 3359), from
, “with,” and
, “an eye,” occurs only in the
Apocalypse, 7:3; 9:4; 13:16; 14:1, 9; 17:5; 20:4; 22:4.¶
FOREIGN, FOREIGNER
@
(
+
, 1854), an adverb, signifying “outside, without,” is used in Acts 26:11,
RV
,
“foreign,” for
KJV
“strange,” of cities beyond the limits of Palestine, lit., “unto (the) cities
without,” including Damascus. See
FORTH
,
OUTWARD
,
STRANGE
,
WITHOUT
.
Note:
In Eph. 2:19,
, lit., “dwelling near” (
, “near,”
, a “dwelling”),
denotes “an alien, a sojourner,” in contrast to fellow-citizens,
RV
, “sojourners” (
KJV
,
“foreigners”); in 1 Pet. 2:11,
KJV
, “strangers”; see also Acts 7:6, 29. See
SOJOURNER
,
STRANGER
. Cf.
, e.g., Acts 7:6; Heb. 11:9, 34;
$
, Acts 10:28;¶
@
,
Matt. 25:35, 38, 43; 27:7; Acts 17:21, etc.
FOREKNOW, FOREKNOWLEDGE
A. Verb.
(
$
0
, 4267), “to know before” ( , “before,”
, “to
know”), is used (a) of divine knowledge, concerning (1) Christ, 1 Pet. 1:20,
RV
,
“foreknown” (
KJV
, “foreordained”); (2) Israel as God’s earthly people, Rom. 11:2; (3)
believers, Rom. 8:29; “the foreknowledge” of God is the basis of His foreordaining
counsels; (b) of human knowledge, (1) of persons, Acts 26:5; (2) of facts, 2 Pet. 3:17.¶
B. Noun.
(
$
, 4268), “a foreknowledge” (akin to A.), is used only of divine
“foreknowledge,” Acts 2:23; 1 Pet. 1:2.¶ “Foreknowledge” is one aspect of omniscience;
it is implied in God’s warnings, promises and predictions. See Acts 15:18. God’s
“foreknowledge” involves His electing grace, but this does not preclude human will. He
“foreknows” the exercise of faith which brings salvation. The apostle Paul stresses
especially the actual purposes of God rather than the ground of the purposes, see, e.g.,
Gal. 1:16; Eph. 1:5, 11. The divine counsels will ever be unthwartable. Cf.
FORESHEW
.
For
FOREORDAIN
see
DETERMINE
, No. 3,
FOREKNOW
, A
For
FOREPART
see
FORESHIP
FORERUNNER
(
$ $
, 4274), an adjective signifying “running forward, going in
advance,” is used as a noun, of “those who were sent before to take observations,” acting
as scouts, especially in military matters; or of “one sent before a king” to see that the way
was prepared, Isa. 40:3; (cf. Luke 9:52; and, of John the Baptist, Matt. 11:10, etc). In the
NT it is said of Christ in Heb. 6:20, as going in advance of His followers who are to be
where He is, when He comes to receive them to Himself.¶ In the Sept., Num. 13:21,
“forerunners (of the grape)”; Isa. 28:4, “an early (fig).”¶
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