Strong's Lexicon
G4302 — προλέγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4302 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προλέγω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G3004 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | prolego |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prol-eg'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to say beforehand, i.e. predict, forewarn |
| KJV Renderings: | foretell, tell before |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προλέγω; imperfect προελεγον; to say beforehand, to predict, (so from Aeschylus and Herodotus down): 2Co 13:2; Gal 5:21; 1Th 3:4; (some (see R. V. marginal reading) would give προ( the sense of plainly in all these examples; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II. 2, and see πρό, d. ἆ. at the end).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
προλέγω (foretell)
2 Corinthians 13:2
- KJV: I told you before and foretell you as if I were present the second time and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned and to all other that if I come again I will not spare
- GK: προείρηκα και προλέγω ως παρών το δεύτερον και απών νυν γράφω τοις προημαρτηκόσι και τοις λοιποίς πάσιν ότι εάν έλθω εις το πάλιν ου φείσομαι
Galatians 5:21
- KJV: Envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like of the which I tell you before as I have also told that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God
- GK: φθόνοι φόνοι μέθαι κώμοι και τα όμοια τούτοις α προλέγω υμίν καθώς και προείπον ότι οι τα τοιαύτα πράσσοντες βασιλείαν θεού ου κληρονομήσουσιν
1 Thessalonians 3:4
- KJV: For verily when we were with you we told you before that we should suffer tribulation even as it came to pass and ye know
- GK: και γαρ ότε προς υμάς ήμεν προελέγομεν υμίν ότι μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι καθώς και εγένετο και οίδατε
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