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Lexicon :: Strong's G4387 - proteros

Aa
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: 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.
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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 G4387 matches the Greek πρότερος (proteros),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in 'Num' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 -

“He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the LORD and to bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But do not count the initial period of consecration because it became defiled.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 -

They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 -

“They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, LORD, are among these people, how you, LORD, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 -

“But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our dependents will remain in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:30 -

“But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”

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