Strong G4254προάγω
to go/bring before
- Transliteration
- proagō
- Pronunciation
- pro-ag'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-άγω
[in LXX: 1Ki.17:16 (נָגַשׁ), Wis.19:11, al.;]
1. prop. trans., to lead on, lead forth or forward: with accusative of person(s), Act.16:30 17:5; of bringing forth to trial, Act.12:6 (WH, txt., προσάγ-); before ἐπί, with genitive of person(s), Act.25:26.
2. Intrans. (Plat., Polyb., and later writers; see Bl., § 53, 1; MM, xxi);
__(a) to lead the way, 1Ti.1:18 (R, mg.), hence, to go before, precede: Luk.18:39; opposite to ἀκολουθέω, Mrk.11:9; before εἰς, Mat.14:22, Mrk.6:45, 1Ti.5:24, Heb.7:18; with accusative of person(s), Mat.2:9 21:9, Mrk.10:32; before εἰς, Mat.21:31 26:32 28:7, Mrk.14:28 16:7;
__(b) to go on, advance (Sir.20:27): 2Jn.9.†
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[in LXX: 1Ki.17:16 (נָגַשׁ), Wis.19:11, al.;]
1. prop. trans., to lead on, lead forth or forward: with accusative of person(s), Act.16:30 17:5; of bringing forth to trial, Act.12:6 (WH, txt., προσάγ-); before ἐπί, with genitive of person(s), Act.25:26.
2. Intrans. (Plat., Polyb., and later writers; see Bl., § 53, 1; MM, xxi);
__(a) to lead the way, 1Ti.1:18 (R, mg.), hence, to go before, precede: Luk.18:39; opposite to ἀκολουθέω, Mrk.11:9; before εἰς, Mat.14:22, Mrk.6:45, 1Ti.5:24, Heb.7:18; with accusative of person(s), Mat.2:9 21:9, Mrk.10:32; before εἰς, Mat.21:31 26:32 28:7, Mrk.14:28 16:7;
__(b) to go on, advance (Sir.20:27): 2Jn.9.†
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In the Bible
Strong G4254 appears in 18 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- go13
- bring3
- forth2
- goeth2
- before1
First verses
- Matthew 2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 14:22And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
- Matthew 21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
- Matthew 21:31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
- Matthew 26:32But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
- Matthew 28:7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
- Mark 6:45And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
- Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
- Mark 11:9And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
- Mark 14:28But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
- Mark 16:7But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
- Luke 18:39And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
- Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
- Acts 16:30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
- Acts 25:26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
- 1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
- 1 Timothy 5:24Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
- Hebrews 7:18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προάγω [ᾰ],
future -άξω: perfect active προῆχα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.18, 25.8, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.11.10:)] —middle, see below: perfect passive in middle sense, see below [Refs (1.7)]:—lead forward or onward, μιν ἐς τὰ οἰκία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148, etc.)]; escort on their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.132; τοὺς πεζοὺς οὐ πολλὴν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.23)]:—passive, to be led on, προαγομένης τῆς πόλεως ἐπὶ συμφοράς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9.)]
2 carry on, αἱμασιάν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.27)]; produce, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.6:)] —passive, [τάξις] εἰς ὀξὺ προηγμένη brought to a point, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 16.8.)]
2.b bring on in age, etc., προῆγεν αὐτὸν ὁ χρόνος εἰς ὥραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4:)] —passive, ἐπὶ πλείω προῆκται τῆς κατ᾽ ἰητρικὴν ἐπιμελείας belong to more advanced medical study, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 13.)]
2.c increase, raise a dose, ἐπὶ ἓξ κοτύλας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “fragment” 68 (variant{προσ-}).)]
3 bring forward, νεκρόν εἰς τὸ φανερόν, τι εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 960a, “Plt.” 262c; τὴν φύσιν εἰς φῶς πᾶσιν [prev. author] “Ep.” 341d; βουλὴν ἀπόρρητον εἰς φῶς ἡλίου 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.552d)]; οἱ προαγαγόντες εἰς φῶς, ={οἱ γονεῖς}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.8, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.23)]; call up an apparition, Thessal. in [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).137.)]
3.b bring before a tribunal, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 826 G 22 (2nd c.BC, _passive_))]; π. δάνειον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1562.14 (3rd c.AD).)]
4 lead on, induce, persuade, δόλῳτινὰς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.90; ὡς ἡχρεία προάγει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59: with)]infinitive added, κινδυνεύειν τινὰ π.[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 45; ἐγὼ προήγαγον ὑμᾶς ἄξια τῶν προγόνων φρονεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.206: with Preps., π. θυμὸν ἐς ἀμπλακίην 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 386 (nisi to be read παράγει); τινὰς ἐς λόγους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22a; εἰς μῖσος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.2)]; τὰς συγγενείας εἰς ἔχθραν, εἰς ἄνοιαν τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.174, 8.121; εἰς ὀργὴν ἢ φθόνον ἢ ἔλεον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a25; εἰς γέλωτα [prev. work] 1415a37)]; τινὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν, opposed to προτρέψασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.1; πάντας ἐκ.. πολέμων ἐπὶ τὴν ὁμόνοιαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.141; πρὸς.. κακίας ὑπερβολήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.36; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀπέχθειαν [prev. author] 23.1:)] —middle, ἐς γέλωτα προαγαγέσθαι τινά move one to laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. δ; τὴν ὑγρότητα αὐτῶν τοῦ ἤθους εἰς ἔλεον 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 33; προαξόμεθ᾽.. εἰς ἀνάγκην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.14)]: c.infinitive, τοῦτο πολεμίους προάγεται ἁμαρτάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.15, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.117, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b2)]:—frequently in passive, προαχθέντας εἰς φιλοποσίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.22; εἰς τοῦτ᾽ ὀργῆς προήχθησαν ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 20.8)]: with infinitive, οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγε προαχθείην ἂν εἰπεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79, compare 18.269, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 194a31; προάγεται λαλεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 164; πολλὰ προηγμένον πρᾶξαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.23, etc.)]
5 carry forward, advance, π. τὴν πόλιν lead it on to power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.18)]; π. αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν ἀρχὴν) ἐς τόδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.75, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1274a10; λόγοισι προάγει.., ἔργοισι δ᾽ οὐδὲ κινεῖ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 300)]; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω προήγαγον [τὴν ἔχθραν] carried it so far, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.163; π. [τὰ πράγματα] ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον [prev. author] “Prooem.” 38, etc.)]; τὴν πραγματείαν π. εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν promote the study, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Fragmenta Historica” 81)]; [τὰ μαθήματα] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 985b24; τὰς τέχνας [prev. author] “SE” 183b29, compare “Po.” 1449a13)]; π. καὶ διαρθρῶσαι τὰ καλῶς ἔχοντα τῇ περιγραφῇ carry on and complete.., [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1098a22, compare “Pol.” 1282b35)]:—middle, ἐς τοῦτο [τὰ Περσέων πρήγματα] προηγάγοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50)]:—passive, increase, become rife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.266.)]
5.b of persons, promote or prefer to honour, δᾶμος εἰς ἀριστοκρατίαν ἄνδρας αἰ προάγοι καλῶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 3, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.6, etc.)]; τινὰς εἰς δόξαν, ἐφ᾽ ἡγεμονίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 7, “Galb.” 20, etc.; ἐπὶ μέγα προαχθῆναι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 55.)]
5.c prefer in the way of choice, especially in passive, αἱ προηγμέναι φυλαί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.8.44: προηγμένος)] distinguished, outstanding, ὥρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista Jun. “Im.Praef.”)]
6 in Stoic Philos., of things neither good nor bad but promoted or advanced above the zero point of indifference, προηγμένον.. ὃ ἀδιάφορον [ὂν] ἐκλεγόμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.48, compare 1st c.BC(?): Aristo Epigrammaticus [prev. work] 83, Chrysipp.[prev. work] 3.28, etc.)]; compare ἀποπροάγω.
7 in perfect passive with middle sense, οὕτω προῆκται τοὺς παῖδας ὥστε.. has had them brought up in such a way that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.23)]: also in passive sense, ἐπιεικῶς τοῖς ἔθεσι προηγμένοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180a8.)]
8 pronounce a discourse, κατὰ θεωρίαν π. πάντα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.9.3; αἱ κατὰ σχῆμα προηγμέναι τῶν ὑποθέσεων [prev. work] 2.4.2.)]
II intransitive, lead the way, go before, πρόαγε δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c; σοῦ προάγοντος ἐγὼ ἐφεσπόμην [prev. author] “Phd.” 90b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.6, etc.: with _accusative_ added, προῆγε πολὺ πάντας uncertain in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.1.6 (to be read πάντων))]: of a commander, lead an advance, push forward, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.65.1, 3.35.1, etc.)]
II.2 metaphorically, ὁ προάγων λόγος the preceding discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719a; αἱ π. γραφαί 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.6.2; ὁ π. μήν “PSI” 5.450.59 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.3 go on, advance, ἐπὶ πολὺ προάγει τῇ τε βίᾳ καὶ τῇ ὠμότητι Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.181; ἐκ τῶν ἀσαφεστέρων ἐπὶ τὰ σαφέστερα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 184a19; πόρρω π. ὕβρεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 6 (τὸ ἔργον προῆγε)] (ν) is variant for{προσῆγε} in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92); πᾶς ὁ προάγων καὶ μὴ μένων ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ NT.2John.9: of Time, τῆς ἡμέρας ἤδη προαγούσης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.8.1)]; reach, attain to, εἰς τὰς ὀκτὼ μυριάδας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ind.Sto.” 32.)]
II.4 excel, τινος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.71 (variant{προέχει}); ἀρχαιότητι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.15.)]
future -άξω: perfect active προῆχα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.18, 25.8, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.11.10:)] —middle, see below: perfect passive in middle sense, see below [Refs (1.7)]:—lead forward or onward, μιν ἐς τὰ οἰκία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148, etc.)]; escort on their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.132; τοὺς πεζοὺς οὐ πολλὴν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.23)]:—passive, to be led on, προαγομένης τῆς πόλεως ἐπὶ συμφοράς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9.)]
2 carry on, αἱμασιάν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.27)]; produce, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.6:)] —passive, [τάξις] εἰς ὀξὺ προηγμένη brought to a point, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 16.8.)]
2.b bring on in age, etc., προῆγεν αὐτὸν ὁ χρόνος εἰς ὥραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4:)] —passive, ἐπὶ πλείω προῆκται τῆς κατ᾽ ἰητρικὴν ἐπιμελείας belong to more advanced medical study, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἰητροῦ” 13.)]
2.c increase, raise a dose, ἐπὶ ἓξ κοτύλας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “fragment” 68 (variant{προσ-}).)]
3 bring forward, νεκρόν εἰς τὸ φανερόν, τι εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 960a, “Plt.” 262c; τὴν φύσιν εἰς φῶς πᾶσιν [prev. author] “Ep.” 341d; βουλὴν ἀπόρρητον εἰς φῶς ἡλίου 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.552d)]; οἱ προαγαγόντες εἰς φῶς, ={οἱ γονεῖς}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.8, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.23)]; call up an apparition, Thessal. in [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).137.)]
3.b bring before a tribunal, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 826 G 22 (2nd c.BC, _passive_))]; π. δάνειον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1562.14 (3rd c.AD).)]
4 lead on, induce, persuade, δόλῳτινὰς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.90; ὡς ἡχρεία προάγει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.59: with)]infinitive added, κινδυνεύειν τινὰ π.[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 45; ἐγὼ προήγαγον ὑμᾶς ἄξια τῶν προγόνων φρονεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.206: with Preps., π. θυμὸν ἐς ἀμπλακίην 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 386 (nisi to be read παράγει); τινὰς ἐς λόγους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 22a; εἰς μῖσος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.2)]; τὰς συγγενείας εἰς ἔχθραν, εἰς ἄνοιαν τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.174, 8.121; εἰς ὀργὴν ἢ φθόνον ἢ ἔλεον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a25; εἰς γέλωτα [prev. work] 1415a37)]; τινὰ ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν, opposed to προτρέψασθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.1; πάντας ἐκ.. πολέμων ἐπὶ τὴν ὁμόνοιαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.141; πρὸς.. κακίας ὑπερβολήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.36; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀπέχθειαν [prev. author] 23.1:)] —middle, ἐς γέλωτα προαγαγέσθαι τινά move one to laughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. δ; τὴν ὑγρότητα αὐτῶν τοῦ ἤθους εἰς ἔλεον 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 33; προαξόμεθ᾽.. εἰς ἀνάγκην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.14)]: c.infinitive, τοῦτο πολεμίους προάγεται ἁμαρτάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.15, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.117, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1270b2)]:—frequently in passive, προαχθέντας εἰς φιλοποσίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.22; εἰς τοῦτ᾽ ὀργῆς προήχθησαν ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 20.8)]: with infinitive, οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγε προαχθείην ἂν εἰπεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79, compare 18.269, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 194a31; προάγεται λαλεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 164; πολλὰ προηγμένον πρᾶξαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.23, etc.)]
5 carry forward, advance, π. τὴν πόλιν lead it on to power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.18)]; π. αὐτὴν (i.e. τὴν ἀρχὴν) ἐς τόδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.75, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1274a10; λόγοισι προάγει.., ἔργοισι δ᾽ οὐδὲ κινεῖ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 300)]; οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω προήγαγον [τὴν ἔχθραν] carried it so far, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.163; π. [τὰ πράγματα] ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον [prev. author] “Prooem.” 38, etc.)]; τὴν πραγματείαν π. εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν promote the study, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Fragmenta Historica” 81)]; [τὰ μαθήματα] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 985b24; τὰς τέχνας [prev. author] “SE” 183b29, compare “Po.” 1449a13)]; π. καὶ διαρθρῶσαι τὰ καλῶς ἔχοντα τῇ περιγραφῇ carry on and complete.., [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1098a22, compare “Pol.” 1282b35)]:—middle, ἐς τοῦτο [τὰ Περσέων πρήγματα] προηγάγοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50)]:—passive, increase, become rife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.266.)]
5.b of persons, promote or prefer to honour, δᾶμος εἰς ἀριστοκρατίαν ἄνδρας αἰ προάγοι καλῶς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Isyllus Lyricus 3, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.6, etc.)]; τινὰς εἰς δόξαν, ἐφ᾽ ἡγεμονίας, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 7, “Galb.” 20, etc.; ἐπὶ μέγα προαχθῆναι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 55.)]
5.c prefer in the way of choice, especially in passive, αἱ προηγμέναι φυλαί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.8.44: προηγμένος)] distinguished, outstanding, ὥρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista Jun. “Im.Praef.”)]
6 in Stoic Philos., of things neither good nor bad but promoted or advanced above the zero point of indifference, προηγμένον.. ὃ ἀδιάφορον [ὂν] ἐκλεγόμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.48, compare 1st c.BC(?): Aristo Epigrammaticus [prev. work] 83, Chrysipp.[prev. work] 3.28, etc.)]; compare ἀποπροάγω.
7 in perfect passive with middle sense, οὕτω προῆκται τοὺς παῖδας ὥστε.. has had them brought up in such a way that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.23)]: also in passive sense, ἐπιεικῶς τοῖς ἔθεσι προηγμένοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180a8.)]
8 pronounce a discourse, κατὰ θεωρίαν π. πάντα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.9.3; αἱ κατὰ σχῆμα προηγμέναι τῶν ὑποθέσεων [prev. work] 2.4.2.)]
II intransitive, lead the way, go before, πρόαγε δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c; σοῦ προάγοντος ἐγὼ ἐφεσπόμην [prev. author] “Phd.” 90b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.6, etc.: with _accusative_ added, προῆγε πολὺ πάντας uncertain in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.1.6 (to be read πάντων))]: of a commander, lead an advance, push forward, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.65.1, 3.35.1, etc.)]
II.2 metaphorically, ὁ προάγων λόγος the preceding discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719a; αἱ π. γραφαί 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.6.2; ὁ π. μήν “PSI” 5.450.59 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.3 go on, advance, ἐπὶ πολὺ προάγει τῇ τε βίᾳ καὶ τῇ ὠμότητι Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.181; ἐκ τῶν ἀσαφεστέρων ἐπὶ τὰ σαφέστερα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 184a19; πόρρω π. ὕβρεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 6 (τὸ ἔργον προῆγε)] (ν) is variant for{προσῆγε} in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92); πᾶς ὁ προάγων καὶ μὴ μένων ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ NT.2John.9: of Time, τῆς ἡμέρας ἤδη προαγούσης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.8.1)]; reach, attain to, εἰς τὰς ὀκτὼ μυριάδας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ind.Sto.” 32.)]
II.4 excel, τινος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.71 (variant{προέχει}); ἀρχαιότητι 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.15.)]