Strong G4285προηγέομαι
to prefer
- Transliteration
- proēgeomai
- Pronunciation
- pro-ay-geh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-ηγέσμαι
[in LXX: Deu.20:9 (בְּרוֹשׁ), Pro.17:14 (פָּנִים), 2Ma.4:40, al.;]
1. to go before as leader (in cl., with genitive, dative): Rom.12:10 (Chrys., Vg., al.; see ICC, in l).
2. In a sense not elsewhere found, ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι = ἀ. ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας: Ro, l.with (ICC, cf. 1Th.5:13, Php.2:3 and EV "preferring").†
(AS)
[in LXX: Deu.20:9 (בְּרוֹשׁ), Pro.17:14 (פָּנִים), 2Ma.4:40, al.;]
1. to go before as leader (in cl., with genitive, dative): Rom.12:10 (Chrys., Vg., al.; see ICC, in l).
2. In a sense not elsewhere found, ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι = ἀ. ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας: Ro, l.with (ICC, cf. 1Th.5:13, Php.2:3 and EV "preferring").†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4285 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prefer1
First verses
- Romans 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προηγ-έομαι,
go first and lead the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 7.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.2, etc.)]; τινι for a person, i.e. guide him, τῷ θεῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.1)]; π. τὴν [ὁδόν] [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 6.5.10)]; of troops, form the van, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.27)]; π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν] to have all in front, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 714a4.)]
b precede logically, τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.210.)]
2 with genitive, take the lead of, τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους.. προηγεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.5; π. τῆς πομπῆς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.11)]; of the planets in retrograde motion, get ahead of, ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 12.22: later with _accusative_, ἀλλήλους π. τῇ τιμῇ NT.Rom.12.10:—with)]infinitive, προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι have taken the initiative in.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1193.11 (1st c.BC).)]
3 of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται goes before, precedes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.3; ῥάβδοι π. ἑκάστῳ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.8.)]
4 present participle προηγούμενος, η, ον, going first, τὸ π. στράτευμα the van, opposed to οὐρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.2)]; preceding, {προηγεμών}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.94 W.; γράμματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 45.)]
4.b in Mathematics texts, τὰ π. forward points, i.e. those lying on the same side of the radius vector of a spiral as the direction of its motion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 11 “Def.” 6; ἁ π. εὐθεῖα [prev. author] “Spir.” 21,23.)]
4.c Astron., τὰ π. ζῴδια signs leading in the daily movement of the heavens, i.e. westerly signs, opposed to ἑπόμενα, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 1.5, Theo Sm. p.147 H., etc.)]
4.d τὰ π. initial data, premisses, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.16.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.20.1; σημεῖα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 36; φαντασίαι 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.49)]; π. οὐσία τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ given, i.e. external to the soul, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.7.6; τὸ π., opposed to τὸ ἐπιγέννημα, [prev. work] 7)]; τὰ π. originals of paintings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 396b14.)]
4.e leading, principal, κατὰ π. λόγον according to a guiding principle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.48)]; ὁ π. λόγος, τὸ π. ἔργον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.20.14, 2.5.4)]; σύν τινι προηγουμένῳ in conjunction with a purpose, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 27.131, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.8; χειρὸς οὐσία μὲν ἡ σάρξ, προηγούμενα δὲ τὰ χειρὸς ἔργα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.7.24, compare 3.22.76; ὑπηρετικὰ ἄλλοις, οὐκ αὐτὰ π. [prev. work] 2.8.6)]; so in in Mathematics texts, π. θεώρημα leading theorem, opposed to ἀντίστροφον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.254F.)]
4.f in Medicine texts, π. αἴτιον predisposing cause, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Athenaeus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.112, compare 7.10, +others)]; π. αἰτίαι antecedent causes, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.264.)]
5 aorist participle, ὁ -ησάμενος the former ἡγεμών, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLips.” 63.6 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
go first and lead the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 7.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.2, etc.)]; τινι for a person, i.e. guide him, τῷ θεῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.1)]; π. τὴν [ὁδόν] [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 6.5.10)]; of troops, form the van, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.27)]; π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν] to have all in front, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 714a4.)]
b precede logically, τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.210.)]
2 with genitive, take the lead of, τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους.. προηγεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.5; π. τῆς πομπῆς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.11)]; of the planets in retrograde motion, get ahead of, ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 12.22: later with _accusative_, ἀλλήλους π. τῇ τιμῇ NT.Rom.12.10:—with)]infinitive, προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι have taken the initiative in.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1193.11 (1st c.BC).)]
3 of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται goes before, precedes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.3; ῥάβδοι π. ἑκάστῳ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.8.)]
4 present participle προηγούμενος, η, ον, going first, τὸ π. στράτευμα the van, opposed to οὐρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.2)]; preceding, {προηγεμών}, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.94 W.; γράμματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 45.)]
4.b in Mathematics texts, τὰ π. forward points, i.e. those lying on the same side of the radius vector of a spiral as the direction of its motion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἑλίκων” 11 “Def.” 6; ἁ π. εὐθεῖα [prev. author] “Spir.” 21,23.)]
4.c Astron., τὰ π. ζῴδια signs leading in the daily movement of the heavens, i.e. westerly signs, opposed to ἑπόμενα, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 1.5, Theo Sm. p.147 H., etc.)]
4.d τὰ π. initial data, premisses, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.16.6, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.20.1; σημεῖα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 36; φαντασίαι 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.49)]; π. οὐσία τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ given, i.e. external to the soul, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.7.6; τὸ π., opposed to τὸ ἐπιγέννημα, [prev. work] 7)]; τὰ π. originals of paintings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 396b14.)]
4.e leading, principal, κατὰ π. λόγον according to a guiding principle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.48)]; ὁ π. λόγος, τὸ π. ἔργον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.20.14, 2.5.4)]; σύν τινι προηγουμένῳ in conjunction with a purpose, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 27.131, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.8; χειρὸς οὐσία μὲν ἡ σάρξ, προηγούμενα δὲ τὰ χειρὸς ἔργα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.7.24, compare 3.22.76; ὑπηρετικὰ ἄλλοις, οὐκ αὐτὰ π. [prev. work] 2.8.6)]; so in in Mathematics texts, π. θεώρημα leading theorem, opposed to ἀντίστροφον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.254F.)]
4.f in Medicine texts, π. αἴτιον predisposing cause, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Athenaeus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.112, compare 7.10, +others)]; π. αἰτίαι antecedent causes, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.264.)]
5 aorist participle, ὁ -ησάμενος the former ἡγεμών, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLips.” 63.6 (4th c.AD), etc.)]