A knowledge of persons and events before they exist. It is one of the divine attributes of God, by which persons were foreknown of Him and events determined. It is a capacity altogether beyond the mind of man to grasp (Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; Rom. 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2). The verb is also translated “know before” (2 Pet. 3:17); and “foreordain” (1 Pet. 1:20).