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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4399 - προφθάνω

Transliteration

prophthánō

Phonetics

prof-than'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G4253) and (G5348)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

9:88,1258

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to come before, to anticipate

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6923 ‑ קָדַם (kaw‑dam'); 7323 ‑ רוּץ (roots);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Matthew 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 2

HCS (1)

Matthew 1

BSB (1)

Matthew 1

ESV (1)

Matthew 1

WEB (1)

Matthew 1

KJV (1)

prevented 1

NAS (2)

first 1

spoke 1

HCS (1)

first 1

BSB (1)

preempted 1

ESV (1)

first 1

WEB (1)

anticipated 1

RAH

V-AAD2S 1

V-AAI1S 2

V-AAI2S 1

V-AAI3P 7

V-AAI3S 1

V-AAS1S 1

V-FAI3S 4

ANT

V-AAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AIA-3S 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 1

NA26

V-AAI-3S 1

SBL

V-3AAIS 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

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

List of Word Forms

προέφθασα προέφθασαν προέφθασάν προέφθασας προέφθασε προεφθασεν προέφθασεν προφθάσει πρόφθασον προφθάσωμεν προφυλακάς προφύλακας προφυλακή προφυλακήν προφυλακής προφυλάξομαι proephthasen proéphthasen