Foretell
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
with the aorist form proeipon, and a perfect form proeireka (from proereo), signifies (1) "to declare openly" or "plainly," or "to say" or "tell beforehand" (pro, "before," lego, "to say"), translated in 2—Corinthians 13:2 (in the first sentence), RV, "I have said beforehand," AV, "I told ... before;" in the next sentence, AV, "I foretell," RV, "I do say beforehand" (marg., "plainly"); not prophecy is here in view, but a warning given before and repeated (see under FOREWARN): (2) "to speak before, of prophecy," as "foretelling" the future, Mark 13:23 , AV, "have foretold," RV, "have told ... beforehand;" Acts 1:16 (of the prophecy concerning Judas); Romans 9:29; 2—Peter 3:2; Jude 1:17; some inferior mss. have it in Hebrews 10:15 . See Forewarn , Speak , Tell.
Acts 3:24Rv
King James Dictionary [2]
FORETELL',
1. To predict to tell before an event happens to prophesy. 2. To foretoken to foreshow.
FORETELL', To utter prediction or prophecy.
All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Acts 3 .
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.
(2): ( v. i.) To utter predictions.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
See Foreknowledge
