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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 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:62

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:62 - “What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:51 - “Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:8 - Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:15 -

And in this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might receive [fn]grace twice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:13 - But you know that it was because of a [fn]bodily illness that I proclaimed the gospel to you the [fn]first time;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:13 - even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:6 - Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of disobedience,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:27 - who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:32 -

But remember the former days, [fn]when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:14 - As [fn]obedient children, not [fn]being conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
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