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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4387 matches the Greek πρότερος (proteros),
which occurs 33 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 - While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. It was very severe; there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:28 - I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:19 - And the LORD said, "I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the LORD by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:27 - for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 - I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 - He must rededicate to the LORD the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering, but the former days will not be counted because his separation was defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they traveled from the mountain of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD was traveling before them during the three days' journey, to find a resting place for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, LORD, are among this people, that you, LORD, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:30 - But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22 - So all of you approached me and said, "Let's send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:33 - the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:10 - (The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the LORD. You must not bring guilt on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:14 - Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:20 - For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:29 - King David's accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10 - Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these days?" for it is not wise to ask that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:22 - "Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:3 - "I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:7 - Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, 'Yes, I know about them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:12 - Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 - For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - I also wanted to know the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others.
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