Strong G4284προέχω
to excel
- Transliteration
- proechomai
- Pronunciation
- pro-ekh-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-έχω
[in LXX: Job.27:6 A (חָזַק hi.) *;]
1. Trans., to hold before; mid., to hold something before oneself (Hdt.), hence, metaphorically, to excuse oneself: Rom.3:9, R, mg. (but see Field, Notes, 152 f.; Lft., Notes, 266 f.; ICC and Vau., in l).
2. Intrans.
__(a) to project;
__(b) in running, to have the start, hence, metaphorically, to excel: pass., Ro, l.with, R, txt. (see reff. supr.).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.27:6 A (חָזַק hi.) *;]
1. Trans., to hold before; mid., to hold something before oneself (Hdt.), hence, metaphorically, to excuse oneself: Rom.3:9, R, mg. (but see Field, Notes, 152 f.; Lft., Notes, 266 f.; ICC and Vau., in l).
2. Intrans.
__(a) to project;
__(b) in running, to have the start, hence, metaphorically, to excel: pass., Ro, l.with, R, txt. (see reff. supr.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4284 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
First verses
- Romans 3:9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προέχω,
contraction προὔχω, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, except 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.11 (see. infr. B), also in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus:)]future προέξω: aorist προέσχον, middle προεσχόμην, προὐσχόμην, compare προΐσχω:— hold before, τὴν ἀσπίδα τῆς κωλῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 989)]; especially so as to protect another, τὼ χεῖρε π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.10)]:—middle, hold before oneself, προὔχοντο ἑκάστοθι ἐννέα ταύρους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.8)]; hold out before one, πρὸ δούρατ᾽ ἔχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.355, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.42)]; προὐσχόμην σε held you out as a child (to do your needs), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1385.)]
2 metaphorically in middle, put forward as a pretext, τάδ᾽ ἂν προὔχοιο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 80)]; ὅπερ μάλιστα προὔχονται εἰ καθαιρεθείη, μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι τὸν πόλεμον the cancellation of which is the chief consideration in return for which they pretend that war would not occur, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140.)]
2.b hold forth, offer, ἃ προείχοντο αὐτοῖς [Refs ([prev. author] 3.68: προΐσχομαι (which see) is more usual in this sense.)]
II to be possessed or informed of a thing beforehand, π. τῶν Ἀθηναίων οὐ φιλίας γνώμας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.4, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.27, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 43.3.)]
II.2 have before, ἃ προεῖχεν μισθῷ ὁ.. Πτολεμαῖος had hitherto on lease, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 889.9 (2nd c.AD),compare “Sammelb.” 5672.5 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; εἰς τοῦτο ὑπολόγησον ὃ προέχουσι what they have already received, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PPetr. 2p.32(3rd c.BC): _absolutely_, ὁ προέχων)] the first recipient, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164b9.)]
B intransitive, jut out, project, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in a local sense, of headlands, towers, hills, ὅθ᾽ ἀκρότατος πρόεχ᾽ ἀκτή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.11, compare 10.90; ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνας προὐχούσας 6.138; πύργῳ ἐπὶ προὔχοντι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.97; ἐπὶ προὔχοντι μελάθρῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.544; ἀκτὴ προέχουσα ἐς τὸν πόντον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.177, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, 6.97; τὸ προὔχον τῆς ἐμβολῆς [prev. author] 2.76)]: generally, project, with genitive, προέχουσα κάρης εὐρεῖα καλύπτρη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 125.)]
B.II in running, to be the first, have the start, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.325: with _genitive_, ἡμέρης ὁδῷ π. τῶν Περσέων)] keep ahead of them by a day's march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.120)]; προέχων τῶν ἄλλων [ὁ ἵππος] getting before the rest, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.22)]; τῇ κεφαλῇ π. beat by a head, in racing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.16: of Time, προεῖχε [ἡ τριήρης] ἡμέρᾳ καὶ νυκτί)] started first by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49; π. εἴκοσιν ἔτεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 879c)]: metaphorically, have the advantage of, τινὸς τῷ διπλασίῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.2.)]
B.II.2 of rank, with genitive, δήμου προὔχουσιν they are the first or chief of the people, [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 151)]; τοῦ Δωρικοῦ, τοῦ Ἰωνικοῦ [γένεος], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56)]: absolutely, to be superior, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.39, 3.82; ἀνθρωπεία φύσις πολεμία τοῦ προὔχοντος)]to all that is eminent, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.84)]; οἱ προὔχοντες the chief men, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.17)]; οἱ π. [βίοι] the principal kinds of lives, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095b18.)]
B.II.3 surpass, excel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.66: frequently with _genitive_, τὸ Ἄργος π. ἅπασι τῶν ἐν τῇ.. χώρῃ in all things, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, compare 32; τέχνα γὰρ τέχνας ἑτέρας προὔχει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 138 (Lyric poetry); πολὺ προὔχουσα θεάων 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 218; π. αὐτέων τοσοῦτον ὅσον.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.136; πολλῷ π. [prev. author] 3.82)]; π. δυνάμει, πλήθει καὶ ἐμπειρίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18, 121; τοσοῦτον ἐκείνων μεγέθει π. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 1: also π. τινὸς τιμήν)] to be preferred to him in honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 208; π. ἔν τινος λαμπρότητι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16; μικρὸν π. ἐν τοῖς μεγάλοις μᾶλλον ἢ πολὺ διαφέρειν ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.5; κατά τι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 30.)]
B.II.3.b rarely with accusative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19 (nisi secl. [ἡμᾶς]))]:—passive, to be excelled, οὐθὲν π. ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1038d)]; to be in worse case, [NT (NT.Rom.3.9.)]
B.III impersonal, οὔ τι προέχει it is of no advantage, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.27.)]
contraction προὔχω, as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, except 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.11 (see. infr. B), also in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus:)]future προέξω: aorist προέσχον, middle προεσχόμην, προὐσχόμην, compare προΐσχω:— hold before, τὴν ἀσπίδα τῆς κωλῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 989)]; especially so as to protect another, τὼ χεῖρε π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.10)]:—middle, hold before oneself, προὔχοντο ἑκάστοθι ἐννέα ταύρους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.8)]; hold out before one, πρὸ δούρατ᾽ ἔχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.355, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.42)]; προὐσχόμην σε held you out as a child (to do your needs), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1385.)]
2 metaphorically in middle, put forward as a pretext, τάδ᾽ ἂν προὔχοιο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 80)]; ὅπερ μάλιστα προὔχονται εἰ καθαιρεθείη, μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι τὸν πόλεμον the cancellation of which is the chief consideration in return for which they pretend that war would not occur, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140.)]
2.b hold forth, offer, ἃ προείχοντο αὐτοῖς [Refs ([prev. author] 3.68: προΐσχομαι (which see) is more usual in this sense.)]
II to be possessed or informed of a thing beforehand, π. τῶν Ἀθηναίων οὐ φιλίας γνώμας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.4, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.27, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 43.3.)]
II.2 have before, ἃ προεῖχεν μισθῷ ὁ.. Πτολεμαῖος had hitherto on lease, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 889.9 (2nd c.AD),compare “Sammelb.” 5672.5 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; εἰς τοῦτο ὑπολόγησον ὃ προέχουσι what they have already received, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PPetr. 2p.32(3rd c.BC): _absolutely_, ὁ προέχων)] the first recipient, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164b9.)]
B intransitive, jut out, project, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in a local sense, of headlands, towers, hills, ὅθ᾽ ἀκρότατος πρόεχ᾽ ἀκτή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.11, compare 10.90; ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόνας προὐχούσας 6.138; πύργῳ ἐπὶ προὔχοντι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.97; ἐπὶ προὔχοντι μελάθρῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.544; ἀκτὴ προέχουσα ἐς τὸν πόντον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.177, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.109, 6.97; τὸ προὔχον τῆς ἐμβολῆς [prev. author] 2.76)]: generally, project, with genitive, προέχουσα κάρης εὐρεῖα καλύπτρη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 125.)]
B.II in running, to be the first, have the start, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.325: with _genitive_, ἡμέρης ὁδῷ π. τῶν Περσέων)] keep ahead of them by a day's march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.120)]; προέχων τῶν ἄλλων [ὁ ἵππος] getting before the rest, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.22)]; τῇ κεφαλῇ π. beat by a head, in racing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.16: of Time, προεῖχε [ἡ τριήρης] ἡμέρᾳ καὶ νυκτί)] started first by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49; π. εἴκοσιν ἔτεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 879c)]: metaphorically, have the advantage of, τινὸς τῷ διπλασίῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.2.)]
B.II.2 of rank, with genitive, δήμου προὔχουσιν they are the first or chief of the people, [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 151)]; τοῦ Δωρικοῦ, τοῦ Ἰωνικοῦ [γένεος], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.56)]: absolutely, to be superior, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.39, 3.82; ἀνθρωπεία φύσις πολεμία τοῦ προὔχοντος)]to all that is eminent, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.84)]; οἱ προὔχοντες the chief men, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.17)]; οἱ π. [βίοι] the principal kinds of lives, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095b18.)]
B.II.3 surpass, excel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.66: frequently with _genitive_, τὸ Ἄργος π. ἅπασι τῶν ἐν τῇ.. χώρῃ in all things, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, compare 32; τέχνα γὰρ τέχνας ἑτέρας προὔχει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 138 (Lyric poetry); πολὺ προὔχουσα θεάων 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 218; π. αὐτέων τοσοῦτον ὅσον.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.136; πολλῷ π. [prev. author] 3.82)]; π. δυνάμει, πλήθει καὶ ἐμπειρίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18, 121; τοσοῦτον ἐκείνων μεγέθει π. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Musc.Enc.” 1: also π. τινὸς τιμήν)] to be preferred to him in honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 208; π. ἔν τινος λαμπρότητι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16; μικρὸν π. ἐν τοῖς μεγάλοις μᾶλλον ἢ πολὺ διαφέρειν ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.5; κατά τι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 30.)]
B.II.3.b rarely with accusative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19 (nisi secl. [ἡμᾶς]))]:—passive, to be excelled, οὐθὲν π. ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1038d)]; to be in worse case, [NT (NT.Rom.3.9.)]
B.III impersonal, οὔ τι προέχει it is of no advantage, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.27.)]