Strong's Lexicon
G4301 — προλαμβάνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4301 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προλαμβάνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G2983 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | prolambano |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prol-am-ban'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to take in advance 2. (literally) eat before others have an opportunity 3. (figuratively) to anticipate, surprise |
| KJV Renderings: | come aforehand, overtake, take before |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προλαμβάνω; 2 aorist προελαβον; 1 aorist passive subjunctive 3 person singular προληφθῇ (προλημφθῇ L T Tr WH; see under the word Mu); from Herodotus down;
1. to take before: τί, 1Co 11:21.
2. to anticipate, to forestall: προέλαβε μυρίσαι, she has anticipated the anointing (hath anointed beforehand), Mar 14:8; cf. Meyer at the passage; Winer’s Grammar, § 54, 4.
3. to take one by forestalling (him i. e. before he can flee or conceal his crime), i. e. surprise, detect (Wis 17:16): τινα ἐν παραπτώματι, passive, Gal 6:1; cf. Winer, Epistle to the Galatians, the passage cited
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
προλαμβάνω (come aforehand)
Mark 14:8
- KJV: She hath done what she could she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying
- GK: ο είχεν αυτή εποίησεν προέλαβε μυρίσαι μου το σώμα εις τον ενταφιασμόν
1 Corinthians 11:21
- KJV: For in eating every one taketh before his own supper and one is hungry and another is drunken
- GK: έκαστος γαρ το ίδιον δείπνον προλαμβάνει εν τω φαγείν και ος μεν πεινά ος δε μεθύει
Galatians 6:1
- KJV: Brethren if a man be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness considering thyself lest thou also be tempted
- GK: αδελφοί εάν και προληφθή άνθρωπος εν τινι παραπτώματι υμείς οι πνευματικοί καταρτίζετε τον τοιούτον εν πνεύματι πραότητος σκοπών σεαυτόν μη και συ πειρασθής