πρότερος proteros G4387
“former, before” — Dodson Greek Lexicon
Same root: Related words from the same root: 15 more words
Strong's Greek Dictionary (1890) says these words are built from one another, all going back to πρό pro (G4253). Each line says which source links it. Words with a prefix are listed with their main word, not with the prefix. Related words can still differ in meaning.
- πρῶτος prōtos G4413 “first, before” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 157 verses
- πρό pro G4253 “before” head of this family (per Strong's: a primary word) in 47 verses
- πρίν prin G4250 “formerly, before” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 13 verses
- πρωΐ prōi G4404 “early in the morning, at dawn” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 12 verses
- πρότερον proteron G4386 “formerly, before” built from πρότερος G4387 (per Strong's) in 5 verses
- πόρρω porrō G4206 “far, far off” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 4 verses
- πόρρωθεν porrōthen G4207 “from afar, far off” built from πόρρω G4206 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
- πρωΐα prōia G4405 “early morning” built from πρωΐ G4404 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
- πρωϊνός prōinos G4407 “belonging to the morning” built from πρωΐ G4404 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
- πρῷρα prōra G4408 “the prow of a ship” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
- πρηνής prēnēs G4248 “falling headlong” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
- πρώϊμος prōimos G4406 “dawning, early” built from πρωΐ G4404 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
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Dodson Greek Lexicon [G4387]
former, before, formerly.
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6 verse(s)
- John 6:62 if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before? verse | pericope | chapter
- John 7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them — he who came by night unto him — being one of them, verse | pericope | chapter
- John 9:8 the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, 'Is not this he who is sitting and begging?' verse | pericope | chapter
- 2 Corinthians 1:15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have, verse | pericope | chapter
- Galatians 4:13 and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first, verse | pericope | chapter
- Ephesians 4:22 ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, verse | pericope | chapter