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foÌ„r-tel´, foÌ„r-toÌ„ld´: The King James Version occurrences of these words in the New Testament represent as many Greek terms, and are in each case rendered differently in Revised Version: (1) (Ï€Ïοεῖπον, proeıÌpon), the Revised Version (British and American) “told beforehandâ€; (2) (Ï€ÏοκαταγγεÌλλω, prokataggeÌlloÌ„), the Revised Version (British and American) simply “toldâ€; (3) (Ï€ÏολεÌγω, proleÌgoÌ„), the Revised Version (British and American) “said beforehand,†margin “plainlyâ€; compare . The foretelling of future events is claimed in the Old Testament as a prerogative of Yahweh (, ; , etc.; compare ). See PROPHECY.