Strong's Lexicon
G4390 — προτρέχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4390 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προτρέχω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4253 and G5143 (including its alternate) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | protrecho |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prot-rekh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to run forward, i.e. outstrip, precede |
| KJV Renderings: | outrun, run before |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προτρέχω: 2 aorist προεδραμον; to run before, to outrun: Joh 20:4; with ἔμπροσθεν added, i. e. ahead, in advance (R. V. ’to run on before’), cf. Winers Grammar, 603 (561); (Buttmann, § 151, 27), Luk 19:4; ἔμπροσθεν with the genitive of a person Tob 11:1-19 (1Sa 8:11; Xenophon, Isocrates, Theophrastus, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προτρέχω (outrun)
Luke 19:4
- KJV: And he ran before and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him for he was to pass that
- GK: και προδραμών έμπροσθεν ανέβη επί συκομωραίαν ίνα ίδη αυτόν ότι δι΄ εκείνης έμελλε διέρχεσθαι
John 20:4
- KJV: So they ran both together and the other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre
- GK: έτρεχον δε οι δύο ομού και ο άλλος μαθητής προέδραμε τάχιον του Πέτρου και ήλθε πρώτος εις το μνημείον
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