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Greek verb · G4277

προέπω

proepopro-ep'-o

to say before; to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly

2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: proépō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4277is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 2
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4277

to say already, to predict

The King James renders it: forewarn, say (speak, tell) before.

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

proepo is rendered "to say before; to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • One of the uses stand in Galatians, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to say before".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Galatians 5:21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • The Greek text spells it two different ways.

The first use

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:21προεῖπον

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 Galatians.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to say before, and to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to say beforeTagged as
  • I warned before1
  • we told before1
WhereMatthew 24:25See, I have told you in advance.
to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainlycl.): so RTagged aslisted under the tableWhere2 Corinthians 13:2I already warned you the second time I was with you…

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.

προερέωproereoto predictUses9
προέρχομαιproerchomaito go beforeUses9
προετοιμάζωproetoimazoto prepareUses2
προενάρχομαιproenarchomaito begin beforehandUses2
προεπαγγέλλομαιproepangellomaito promiseUses2
προελπίζωproelpizoto hope beforehandUses1
προέχομαιproechomaito excelUses1
προευαγγελίζομαιproeuangelizomaito speak good newsUses1
προείδωproeidoto foreseeUsesnot recorded

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

  • προείπαμεν1
  • προεῖπον1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-2AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-2AAI-1S

Galatians

one use
  • and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

    Galatians 5:21

    • προεῖπονproeiponverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I warned before

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

    1 Thessalonians 4:6

    • προείπαμενproeipamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we told before

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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