Greek verb · G4280
προερέω
proereopro-er-eh'-o
to say before; to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: proeréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4280is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4280
used as alternate of ; to say already, predict
The King James renders it: foretell, 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
proereo is rendered "to say before; to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, 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.Matthew 24:25See, I have told you in advance.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
See, I have told you in advance.
Matthew 24:25προείρηκα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eight of the 27 New Testament books.
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
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to say before | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 24:25See, I have told you in advance. |
| to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainlycl.): so R | Tagged as
| Where2 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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| προέρχομαι | proerchomai | to go before | Uses9 |
| προέπω | proepo | to predict | Uses2 |
| προετοιμάζω | proetoimazo | to prepare | Uses2 |
| προενάρχομαι | proenarchomai | to begin beforehand | Uses2 |
| προεπαγγέλλομαι | proepangellomai | to promise | Uses2 |
| προελπίζω | proelpizo | to hope beforehand | Uses1 |
| προέχομαι | proechomai | to excel | Uses1 |
| προευαγγελίζομαι | proeuangelizomai | to speak good news | Uses1 |
| προείδω | proeido | to foresee | Usesnot recorded |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- προείρηκα4
- προειρημένων2
- προειρήκαμεν1
- προείρηκεν1
- προείρηται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-RAI-1S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2V-RPP-GPN
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-RAI-1P
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RPI-3S
Matthew
one use
See, I have told you in advance.
- προείρηκαproeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have foretold
Mark
one use
So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.
- προείρηκαproeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have foretold
Romans
one use
It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- προείρηκενproeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has foretold
2 Corinthians
two uses
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
- προείρηκαproeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have before said
I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
- προείρηκαproeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have warned
Galatians
one use
As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
- προειρήκαμενproeirekamenverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have said before
Hebrews
one use
God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
- προείρηταιproeiretaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been predicted
2 Peter
one use
by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
- προειρημένωνproeiremenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: spoken beforehand
Jude
one use
But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
- προειρημένωνproeiremenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: spoken beforehand
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.