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Strong's #4399 - προφθάνω
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προφθάνω [ᾰ], outrun, anticipate, c. acc., προφθάσασα καρδία γλῶσσαν A. Ag. 1028 (lyr.); ἐγὼ . . σε προφθάσας λέγω . . Pl. R. 500a, cf. PCair.Zen. 520.2 (iii B.C.): c. part., προὔφθης με παρακύψασα Ar. Ec. 884, cf. Th. 7.73, LXX 1 Samuel 20:25, al.: c. gen., προέφθασα τοῦ φυγεῖν ib. John 4:2, cf. 1 Maccabees 10:4 .
2. abs., to be beforehand, στόματι E. Ph. 1385, Theo Sm. p.160H.: aor. Med., προφθάμενος A.R. 4.913 .
προφθάνω: 1 aorist προέφθασα; to come before, to anticipate: αὐτόν προεφθασε λέγων, he spoke before him (R. V. spake first to him), or anticipated his remark, Matthew 17:25. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plutarch; the Sept..)
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προ -φθάνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6923 pi.;]
c. ptcp. (as in cl., but more freq. the simple φθάνω , q.v.),
to anticipate: Matthew 17:25.†
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