Strong G4391προϋπάρχω
be formerly
- Transliteration
- prouparchō
- Pronunciation
- pro-oop-ar'-kho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προ-ϋπ-άρχω
[in LXX: Job 42:18*;]
1. to be beforehand in.
2. to be before or previously: with ptcp., Luk.23:12, Act.8:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job 42:18*;]
1. to be beforehand in.
2. to be before or previously: with ptcp., Luk.23:12, Act.8:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4391 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- before1
- beforetime1
First verses
- Luke 23:12And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
- Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
προϋπ-άρχω,
take the initiative in a thing, with genitive, ἀδικίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40)]; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, τῆς ἔχθρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.36,125: with _dative_, π. τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.46)]: with neuter adjective, π. τι ἔς τινα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.34:)] —passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα εἰς αὑτόν benefits formerly received, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.25, compare “OGI” 244.8 (Daphne, 2nd c.BC), 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 7p.429M.; but also προϋπηργμένα ἀδικήματα 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 4.5.)]
II intransitive, exist before, be pre-existent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.85, 4.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317d, “PLille” 1v4 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; οἱ νόμοι οἱ προϋπάρχοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b20, compare “SIG” 526.31 (Itanos, 3rd c.BC))]; ἡ τῶν σωμάτων αὔξησις ἐκ προϋπαρχόντων ἐστίν from pre-existent materials, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1419b22; πᾶσα μάθησις ἐκ προϋπαρχούσης γίνεται γνώσεως [prev. author] “APo.” 0.71a1)]; προϋπάρξαντα things that happened before, past events, variant for{πρὶν ὑπ}. in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.11)]; τὰ προϋπάρχοντα former possessions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 31, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.38)]; οἱ π. ὕπατοι the previous consuls, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.2:)]perfect passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα antecedents, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.262, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1367b13)]; οἰκειότης, χάρις προϋπηργμένη, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.29, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Synt.” 132.21.)]
II.2 with genitive, προϋπάρχειν δεῖ τὸ κινοῦν τοῦ κινουμένου must exist before.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Motu Animalium” 700b1; π. ἑαυτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.208)]; to be logically prior, μέθοδος πασῶν προϋπάρχουσα καὶ κυριωτέρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.4.)]
take the initiative in a thing, with genitive, ἀδικίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40)]; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, τῆς ἔχθρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.36,125: with _dative_, π. τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.46)]: with neuter adjective, π. τι ἔς τινα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.34:)] —passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα εἰς αὑτόν benefits formerly received, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.25, compare “OGI” 244.8 (Daphne, 2nd c.BC), 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 7p.429M.; but also προϋπηργμένα ἀδικήματα 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 4.5.)]
II intransitive, exist before, be pre-existent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.85, 4.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317d, “PLille” 1v4 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; οἱ νόμοι οἱ προϋπάρχοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b20, compare “SIG” 526.31 (Itanos, 3rd c.BC))]; ἡ τῶν σωμάτων αὔξησις ἐκ προϋπαρχόντων ἐστίν from pre-existent materials, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1419b22; πᾶσα μάθησις ἐκ προϋπαρχούσης γίνεται γνώσεως [prev. author] “APo.” 0.71a1)]; προϋπάρξαντα things that happened before, past events, variant for{πρὶν ὑπ}. in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.11)]; τὰ προϋπάρχοντα former possessions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 31, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.38)]; οἱ π. ὕπατοι the previous consuls, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.2:)]perfect passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα antecedents, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.262, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1367b13)]; οἰκειότης, χάρις προϋπηργμένη, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.29, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Synt.” 132.21.)]
II.2 with genitive, προϋπάρχειν δεῖ τὸ κινοῦν τοῦ κινουμένου must exist before.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Motu Animalium” 700b1; π. ἑαυτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.208)]; to be logically prior, μέθοδος πασῶν προϋπάρχουσα καὶ κυριωτέρα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.4.)]