προγράφω: 1 aorist 
προέγραψα; 2 aorist passive 
προεγραφην; perfect passive participle 
προγεγραμμενος; 
1. to write before (of time): 
Romans 15:4a R G L text 
T Tr WH, 4b 
Rec.; 
Ephesians 3:3; 
οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τό κρίμα, of old set forth or designated beforehand (in the Scriptures of the O. T. and the prophecies of Enoch) unto this condemnation, 
Jude 1:4. 
2. to depict or portray openly (cf. 
πρό, d. 
α: 
οἷς κατ' ὀφθαλμούς Ἰησοῦς Χριστός προεγράφη ἐν ὑμῖν (but 
ἐν ὑμῖν is dropped by 
G L T Tr WH) 
ἐσταυρωμένος, before whose eyes was portrayed the picture of Jesus Christ crucified (the attentive contemplation of which picture ought to have been a preventive against that bewitchment), i. e. who were taught most definitely and plainly concerning the meritorious efficacy of the death of Christ, 
Galatians 3:1. Since the simple 
γράφειν is often used of painters, and 
προγράφειν certainly signifies also to write before the eyes of all who can read (
Plutarch, Demetr. 46 at the end, 
προγραφει τίς αὐτοῦ πρό τῆς σκηνῆς τήν τοῦ Ὀιδιποδος ἀρχήν), I see no reason why 
προγράφειν may not mean 
to depict (paint, portray) before the eyes; (
R. V. openly set forth). Cf. Hofmann at the passage (Farrar, St. Paul, chapter xxiv., vol. i, 470 note; others adhere to the meaning 
to placard, write up publicly, see 
Lightfoot at the passage; others besides; see Meyer). 
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