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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 - Then he named that place [fn]Bethel; but [fn]previously the name of the city had been Luz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - ‘He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer that which is for the sin offering, and shall pinch off its head at the front of its neck, but he shall not sever it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, 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 - “The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before [fn]them, and settled in their place; just as Israel did to the land of [fn]their possession which the LORD gave them.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 -

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - And the king responded and said to the man of God, “Please [fn]appease the LORD your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God [fn]appeased the LORD, 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 inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites, and the [fn]temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:13 - “Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst against us, since we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where previously they used to put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the [fn]contributions for the priests.

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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 BoxIsa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will restore your judges as at first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

After that you will be called the city of righteousness,

A faithful city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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 plan will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: “My people went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 -

Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins,

They will raise up the former devastations;

And they will repair the ruined cities,

The desolations of many generations.

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

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

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

And I will punish all [fn]their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:7 - ‘And I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and will rebuild them as they were at first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11

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

“Give thanks to the LORD of armies,

For the LORD is good,

For His mercy is everlasting,”

as they bring a thanksgiving offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 mourn for you, crying, “Oh, my lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and [fn]after an interval of some years he will [fn]press on with a great army and much equipment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 -

“And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them;

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

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

Because it was better for me then than now!’

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