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Lexicon :: Strong's G4386 - proteron

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πρότερον
Transliteration
proteron (Key)
Pronunciation
prot'-er-on
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of πρότερος (G4387) as adverb (with or without the art.)
mGNT
10x in 1 unique form(s) TR
10x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
30x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πρότερον próteron, prot'-er-on; neuter of G4387 as adverb (with or without the article); previously:—before, (at the) first, former.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4386 in the following manner: before (with G3588) (3x), first (2x), former (2x), before (2x), at the first (with G3588) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4386 in the following manner: before (with G3588) (3x), first (2x), former (2x), before (2x), at the first (with G3588) (1x).

  1. before, prior

    1. of time, former

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρότερον próteron, prot'-er-on; neuter of G4387 as adverb (with or without the article); previously:—before, (at the) first, former.
STRONGS G4386:
πρότερος, πρότερα, πρότερον (comparitive of πρό) (from Homer down), before, prior; of time, former: ἡ πρότερα ἀναστροφή, Ephesians 4:22. Neuter adverbially, before (something else is or was done): John 7:51 R G; 2 Corinthians 1:15; opposed to ἔπειτα, Hebrews 7:27; before, i. e. aforetime, in time past: John 7:50 (L Tr WH); Hebrews 4:6; and R G in 1 Timothy 1:13; also τό πρότερον (contrasting rite past with the present (cf. πάλαι, 1 at the end)), John 6:62; John 9:8, and L T Tr WH in 1 Timothy 1:13 (1 Macc. 3:46 1 Macc. 5:1 1 Macc. 11:34, 39; Deuteronomy 2:12; Joshua 11:10; Herodotus 7, 75; Xenophon, Plato); equivalent to our the first time, Galatians 4:13 (on which cf. Meyer); it is placed between the article and the noun, as αἱ πρότερον ἡμέραι, the former days, Hebrews 10:32; αἱ πρότερον ἐπιθυμίαι, the lusts which you formerly indulged, 1 Peter 1:14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
2:12
Joshua
11:10
John
6:62; 7:50; 7:51; 9:8
2 Corinthians
1:15
Galatians
4:13
Ephesians
4:22
1 Timothy
1:13; 1:13
Hebrews
4:6; 7:27; 10:32
1 Peter
1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4386 matches the Greek πρότερον (proteron),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he went [fn]on his journeys from the [fn]Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

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Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - And he called the name of that place [fn]Bethel; however, [fn]previously the name of the city had been Luz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21 - ‘Then he shall bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - ‘And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall bring near first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he shall not separate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites. Now it was he who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - Now the Horites formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel would do to the land of [fn]their possession which Yahweh gave to them.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20 - (It is also regarded as the land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim formerly lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - “And I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Yahweh to provoke Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:14 - And there was no day like that before it or after it, when Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 -

Then Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - Now the name of Hebron was formerly [fn]Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land was quiet from war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:15 - Then he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29 - And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born in Israel; however, the name of the city formerly was Laish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please [fn]entreat Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God [fn]entreated Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2 -

Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the [fn]temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:13 - “Because you did not carry it at the first, Yahweh our God broke out against us, for we did not seek Him according to the legal judgment.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, also new wine and oil commanded for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the [fn]contributions for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 -

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;

But now my eye sees You;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will have your judges return as at the first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness,

A faithful town.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 -

Declaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times things which have not been done,

Saying, ‘My counsel will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus says Lord Yahweh, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 -

Then they will rebuild the ancient waste places;

They will raise up the former desolations;

And they will make new the ruined cities,

The desolations from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - “They have turned back to the iniquities of their [fn]ancestors who refused to hear My words, and they have walked after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I cut with their fathers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:20

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‘[fn]Their children also will be as formerly,

And [fn]their congregation shall be established before Me;

And I will punish all [fn]their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:7 - ‘I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of Judah and the [fn]fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

“Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts,

For Yahweh is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever”;

and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - ‘You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn spices for you; and they will lament for you, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “And the king of the North will again cause a much greater multitude than the former to stand, and at the end of the times of those years, he will keep on coming with a great military force and much equipment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 -

“So she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;

And she will seek them, but will not find them.

Then she will say, ‘I will go, and I will return to my first husband,

For it was better for me then than now!’

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