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Lexicon :: Strong's G4387 - proteros

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πρότερος
Transliteration
proteros (Key)
Pronunciation
prot'-er-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative of πρό (G4253)
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Strong’s Definitions

πρότερος próteros, prot'-er-os; comparative of G4253; prior or previous:—former.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4387 in the following manner: former (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4387 in the following manner: former (1x).

  1. before, prior

    1. of time, previous, former

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρότερος próteros, prot'-er-os; comparative of G4253; prior or previous:—former.
STRONGS G4387:
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

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Strong's Number G4387 matches the Greek πρότερος (proteros),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in 'Exo' in the LXX Greek.

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The locusts went up over the entire land of Egypt and settled on the whole territory of Egypt. Never before had there been such a large number of locusts, and there never will be again.

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“I will send hornets[fn] in front of you, and they will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hethites away from you.

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He said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name ‘the LORD’ before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

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