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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4386 - πρότερον

Transliteration

próteron

Phonetics

prot'-er-on

Origin

neuter of (G4387) as adverb (with or without the art.)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

before, prior
1. of time, former

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2470 ‑ חָלָה (khaw‑law'); 4327 ‑ מִין (meen); 6440 ‑ פָּנֶה (paw‑neem'); 7223 ‑ רִאשֹׁן (ree‑shone', ree‑shone');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (10)

John 3

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

BSB (9)

John 3

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

CSB (10)

John 3

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (10)

John 3

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (9)

John 4

2 Corinthians 3

Galatians 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

WEB (10)

John 3

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

YLT (9)

John 2

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 1

Hebrews 3

1 Peter 1

ASV (10)

aforetime 1

before 3

except 1

first 2

the first time 1

the former 1

your former 1

BSB (9)

before 1

earlier 1

early 1

first 2

former 2

formerly 2

CSB (10)

before 1

first 2

former 1

formerly 3

previously 2

the earlier 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (10)

before 4

first 3

former 2

it 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (9)

again 1

blind 1

did 1

earlier 1

early 1

first 2

then 1

wanted 1

WEB (10)

before 4

first 2

the first time 1

the former 1

unless 1

your former 1

YLT (9)

at the first 1

before 3

first 1

former 2

who before 1

who did first 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASNC 10

ANT

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 3

ADV-C 6

BEZ

A-AS-CF 1

A-AS-CN 6

Adv-C 4

BGB

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 4

ADV-C 5

BMT

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 4

ADV-C 5

BYZ

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 3

ADV-C 6

ELZ

A-ASNC 9

NA26

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SBL

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 3

ADV-C 6

SCV

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 3

ADV-C 6

STV

A-ASF-C 1

ADV-C 9

TIS

A-ASF-C 1

A-ASM-C 1

A-ASN-C 3

ADV-C 6

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

TRG

A-ASNC 10

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

προτερον

Neuter of G4387 as adverb (with or without the article)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Neuter of G4387 as adverb

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";rend,"; ";break asunder"; : P Leid Vvii. 31 (iii/iv A.D.) (= II. p. 27) αἱ πέτραι ἀκούσασαι ῥήγυνται (l. ῥήγνυνται). Ῥήσσω is claimed as Ionic by Winer-Schmiedel, p. 19. For ῥάσσω see Mark 9:18 D. In the LXX ῥάσσω is not an alternative of ῥήσσω, but a form of ἀράσσω : see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 76.

List of Word Forms

προτεραν προτέραν προτερον πρότερον proteran protéran proteron próteron