Strong G4302προλέγω
to foretell
- Transliteration
- prolegō
- Pronunciation
- prol-eg'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-λέγω
[in LXX: Isa.41:26 (נָגַד hi.) *;]
1. to tell or say beforehand: 2Co.13:2, Gal.5:21, 1Th.3:4 (R, txt.; cf. προεῖπον, but see infr.).
2. to declare, tell plainly: 2Co, Ga, 1Th, ll. with (R, mg.; see MM, xxi, and cf. Isa, l.with).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.41:26 (נָגַד hi.) *;]
1. to tell or say beforehand: 2Co.13:2, Gal.5:21, 1Th.3:4 (R, txt.; cf. προεῖπον, but see infr.).
2. to declare, tell plainly: 2Co, Ga, 1Th, ll. with (R, mg.; see MM, xxi, and cf. Isa, l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4302 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- say4
- tell4
- before3
- spoken2
- foretell1
- foretold1
- forewarn1
- have1
- spake1
- we1
First verses
- Matthew 24:25Behold, I have told you before.
- Mark 13:23But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
- Acts 1:16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
- Romans 9:29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
- 2 Corinthians 7:3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
- Galatians 1:9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
- Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- Hebrews 10:15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
- 2 Peter 3:2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
- Jude 1:17But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προλέγω,
pick out, choose, prefer, Ἀθηναίων προλελεγμένοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.689; ἐξοχώτατοι προλέγονται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.18; ἀριστῆες πασᾶν ἐκ πολίων προλελεγμένοι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.18.)]
II foretell, Aeolic dialect aorist participle προλέξαις [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 22.7)]; predict, of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 8.136; μέμνησθ᾽ ἁγὼ προλέγω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1071 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 973)]; π. πρόρρησιν, of a physician, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 15; τὰ μέλλοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.298.)]
II.b say beforehand, ταῦτα, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 337a, compare “Euthd.” 275e, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 7)]; ὡς προλέλεκται as was said above, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 89)]; ὁ προλεχθείς the aforesaid, PMasp.[Refs 6th c.AD+ (32.63 (6th c.AD), +others)]
II.c προλεγόμεναι (i.e. θέσεις) first principles, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 9.18.3.)]
II.d μακρὰ προλεγομένγ a long syllable placed, uttered first, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 39.)]
II.2 state publicly, proclaim, προὔλεγον τὸ ψήφισμα καθελοῦσι μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι πόλεμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; προλεγέτω ἁ ἀρχά “Foed.Delph.Pell.” 1 A 5, compare “OGI” 437.76 (Pergam., 1st c.BC))]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 336 (Lyric poetry), etc.: with _accusative_, ὁ νόμος πέφυκε προλέγειν ἃ μὴ δεῖ πράττειν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 4; πολέμους ἀλλήλοις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.3.5.)]
II.3 π. τινὶ ἀπιέναι order him to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.3, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.71)]; caution, warn, π. τινὶ μὴ φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 897.9 (_anapaest meter_); π. τινί, εἰ θεραπεύσοιτο, ὅτι διαφθαρήσοιτο 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.4; ὡς οὐ.. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.57.2.)]
II.4 denounce punishment, π. δεσμόν τινι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.60.)]
pick out, choose, prefer, Ἀθηναίων προλελεγμένοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.689; ἐξοχώτατοι προλέγονται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.18; ἀριστῆες πασᾶν ἐκ πολίων προλελεγμένοι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.18.)]
II foretell, Aeolic dialect aorist participle προλέξαις [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 22.7)]; predict, of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 8.136; μέμνησθ᾽ ἁγὼ προλέγω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1071 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 973)]; π. πρόρρησιν, of a physician, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 15; τὰ μέλλοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.298.)]
II.b say beforehand, ταῦτα, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 337a, compare “Euthd.” 275e, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 7)]; ὡς προλέλεκται as was said above, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 89)]; ὁ προλεχθείς the aforesaid, PMasp.[Refs 6th c.AD+ (32.63 (6th c.AD), +others)]
II.c προλεγόμεναι (i.e. θέσεις) first principles, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 9.18.3.)]
II.d μακρὰ προλεγομένγ a long syllable placed, uttered first, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 39.)]
II.2 state publicly, proclaim, προὔλεγον τὸ ψήφισμα καθελοῦσι μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι πόλεμον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139; προλεγέτω ἁ ἀρχά “Foed.Delph.Pell.” 1 A 5, compare “OGI” 437.76 (Pergam., 1st c.BC))]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 336 (Lyric poetry), etc.: with _accusative_, ὁ νόμος πέφυκε προλέγειν ἃ μὴ δεῖ πράττειν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 4; πολέμους ἀλλήλοις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.3.5.)]
II.3 π. τινὶ ἀπιέναι order him to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.3, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.71)]; caution, warn, π. τινὶ μὴ φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 897.9 (_anapaest meter_); π. τινί, εἰ θεραπεύσοιτο, ὅτι διαφθαρήσοιτο 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.4; ὡς οὐ.. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.57.2.)]
II.4 denounce punishment, π. δεσμόν τινι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.60.)]