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|txtha=([[πρό]] ([[which]] [[see]] d. α.) and [[κεῖμαι]]): from Homer down;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], to [[lie]] or be placed [[before]] (a [[person]] or [[thing]]), or in [[front]] ([[often]] so in Greek writings).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to be [[set]] [[before]], i. e., a. to be placed [[before]] the eyes, to [[lie]] in [[sight]]; to [[stand]] [[forth]]: [[with]] a [[predicate]] nominative, [[δεῖγμα]], as an [[example]], [[καλόν]] [[ὑπόδειγμα]] [[σοι]] πρόκειται, Josephus, b. j. 6,2, 1).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> equivalent to to be appointed, [[destined]]: προκειμενη [[ἐλπίς]] t';, the [[hope]] [[open]] to us, offered, given, προκειμενος [[ἀγών]], προκειμενος [[χαρά]], the [[destined]] [[joy]] ([[see]] [[ἀντί]], 2b.), ibid. 2 (the [[phrase]] τά ἆθλα προκεῖσθαι occurs [[often]] in [[secular]] writings from [[Herodotus]] [[down]]; cf. Bleek, Br. an [[die]] to be [[there]], be [[present]], be at [[hand]] (so [[that]] it [[can]] [[become]] [[actual]] or [[available]]): 2 Corinthians 8:12.