Strong G4274πρόδρομος
forerunner
- Transliteration
- prodromos
- Pronunciation
- prod'-rom-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun
Definition
From the alternate of G4390; a runner ahead that is scout (figuratively precursor): - forerunner.
Detailed definition
πρό-δρομος, -ον
(προτρέχω) [in LXX: Num.13:21 (20), Isa.28:4 (בִּכּוּר), Wis.12:8 *;]
running forward, going in advance. As subst., ὁ π., an advance guard, forerunner: Heb.6:20.†
(AS)
(προτρέχω) [in LXX: Num.13:21 (20), Isa.28:4 (בִּכּוּר), Wis.12:8 *;]
running forward, going in advance. As subst., ὁ π., an advance guard, forerunner: Heb.6:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4274 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forerunner1
First verses
- Hebrews 6:20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρόδρομ-ος, ον,
running forward with headlong speed, π. ἦλθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 211 (Lyric poetry); φυγάδα πρόδρομον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 108 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; μόλε π. variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 296 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 running before, going in advance, π. στρατιή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.14; κήρυκας π. προπέμπειν [prev. author] 1.60; π. ἥκω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 424)]; frequently of horsemen in advance of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.121, 122; π. τῶν ἄλλων ἥκειν [prev. author] 7.203, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22; λεὼς π. ἱππότας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 80 (Lyric poetry))]; mounted skirmishers, οἱ π. 'guides', a special corps in the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus army, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.12.7, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.17; οἱ ἀμφὶ [τὸν ἵππαρχον] πρόδρομοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.25; at Athens, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1)]; also, of light ships, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.11.)]
3 metaphorically, precursor, ἀστέρα.. ἀελίου π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Ion Lyric poetry 10; ἠπίαλος πυρετοῦ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 332 (_anapaest meter_); δείπνου π. ἄριστον 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.13; π. τοῦ δοκοῦντος καλλίστου εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154a, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.7.)]
4 π. (i.e. οἶνος), see at {πρότροπος}.
II as substantive, πρόδρομοι, οἱ,
II.1 see above [Refs (1.2.)]
II.2 northerly winds, preceding the etesian winds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 361b24, “Pr.” 941b7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Ventis” 11.)]
II.3 early figs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “CP” 5.1.5f, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 16.113.)]
running forward with headlong speed, π. ἦλθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 211 (Lyric poetry); φυγάδα πρόδρομον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 108 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; μόλε π. variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 296 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 running before, going in advance, π. στρατιή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.14; κήρυκας π. προπέμπειν [prev. author] 1.60; π. ἥκω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 424)]; frequently of horsemen in advance of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.121, 122; π. τῶν ἄλλων ἥκειν [prev. author] 7.203, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22; λεὼς π. ἱππότας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 80 (Lyric poetry))]; mounted skirmishers, οἱ π. 'guides', a special corps in the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus army, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.12.7, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.17; οἱ ἀμφὶ [τὸν ἵππαρχον] πρόδρομοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.25; at Athens, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1)]; also, of light ships, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.11.)]
3 metaphorically, precursor, ἀστέρα.. ἀελίου π.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Ion Lyric poetry 10; ἠπίαλος πυρετοῦ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 332 (_anapaest meter_); δείπνου π. ἄριστον 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.13; π. τοῦ δοκοῦντος καλλίστου εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154a, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.7.)]
4 π. (i.e. οἶνος), see at {πρότροπος}.
II as substantive, πρόδρομοι, οἱ,
II.1 see above [Refs (1.2.)]
II.2 northerly winds, preceding the etesian winds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 361b24, “Pr.” 941b7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Ventis” 11.)]
II.3 early figs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “CP” 5.1.5f, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 16.113.)]