Greek verb · G4281
προέρχομαι
proerchomaipro-er'-khom-ahee
to go forward, go on, advance; Of relative position, to go before, precede; Of time, to go before or in advance
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: proérchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4281is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4281
to go onward, precede (in place or time)
The King James renders it: go before (farther, forward), outgo, pass on.
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
proerchomai is rendered "to go forward, go on, advance; Of relative position, to go before, precede; Of time, to go before or in advance". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to go forward, go on, advance".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Matthew 26:39προελθὼν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to go forward, go on, advance, and Of relative position, to go before, precede, and Of time, to go before or in advance.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to go forward, go on, advancebefore μικρόν | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible… |
| Of relative position, to go before, precede | Tagged as
| WhereGenesis 33:3But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his… |
| Of time, to go before or in advanceAct.20:5, 13 (WH, mg., R, mg.), 2Co.9:5; with accusative of person(s) (= cl. φθάνω), Mrk.6:33.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereMark 6:33But many people saw them leaving and recognized them… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| προερέω | proereo | to predict | 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.
6 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
- προελθόντες2
- προελθὼν2
- προῆλθον2
- προελεύσεται1
- προέλθωσιν1
- προήρχετο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-2AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-2AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-2AAS-3P
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FDI-3S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-INI-3S
Matthew
one use
Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- προελθὼνproelthonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having gone forward
Mark
two uses
But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.
- προῆλθονproelthonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: went before
Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
- προελθὼνproelthonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having gone forward
Luke
two uses
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
- προελεύσεταιproeleusetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will go forth
While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
- προήρχετοproerchetoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was going before
Acts
three uses
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
- προῆλθονproelthonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they went on through
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
- προελθόντεςproelthontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having gone ahead
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
- προελθόντεςproelthontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having gone ahead
2 Corinthians
one use
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
- προέλθωσινproelthosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may go 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.