Greek noun (masculine) · G4269
πρόγονος
progonosprog'-on-os
born before.; As subst., in pl., οἱ π.
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prógonos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4269is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4269
an ancestor, (grand-)parent
The King James renders it: forefather, parent.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
progonos is rendered "born before.; As subst., in pl., οἱ π.". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "born before.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:4προγόνοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: born before., and As subst., in pl., οἱ π..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| born before. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren… |
| As subst., in pl., οἱ π.ancestors, forefathers | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| προγινώσκω | proginosko | to know/choose | Uses5 |
| προγράφω | prographo | to write/designate | Uses4 |
| πρόγνωσις | prognosis | foreknowledge | Uses2 |
| προγίνομαι | proginomai | to do beforehand | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- προγόνοις1
- προγόνων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
1 Timothy
one use
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
- προγόνοιςprogonoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to parents
2 Timothy
one use
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
- προγόνωνprogononnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: forefathers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.