Greek verb · G4270
προγράφω
prographoprog-raf'-o
to write before; to write in public, placard, proclaim; = ζωγραφέω, to pourtray, depict
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prográphō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4270is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4270
to write previously; figuratively, to announce, prescribe
The King James renders it: before ordain, evidently set forth, write (afore, aforetime).
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
prographo is rendered "to write before; to write in public, placard, proclaim; = ζωγραφέω, to pourtray, depict". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to write before".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
Romans 15:4προεγράφη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Romans.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to write before, and to write in public, placard, proclaim, and = ζωγραφέω, to pourtray, depict.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to write beforeRom.15:4, Eph.3:3, Ju 4. | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction… |
| to write in public, placard, proclaim | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 3:1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly… |
| = ζωγραφέω, to pourtray, depict | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
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 |
| πρόγονος | progonos | parent/ancestor | Uses2 |
| πρόγνωσις | prognosis | foreknowledge | Uses2 |
| προγίνομαι | proginomai | to do beforehand | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- προεγράφη2
- προγεγραμμένοι1
- προέγραψα1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2API-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-2AAI-1S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-RPP-NPM
Romans
one use
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- προεγράφηproegrapheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was written in the past
Galatians
one use
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
- προεγράφηproegrapheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was publicly portrayed
Ephesians
one use
that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
- προέγραψαproegrapsaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have written before
Jude
one use
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- προγεγραμμένοιprogegrammenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: designated
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.