Greek verb · G4301
προλαμβάνω
prolambanoprol-am-ban'-o
to take beforehand; to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative); to overtake, surprise
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prolambánō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4301is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4301
to take in advance, i.e. (literally) eat before others have an opportunity; (figuratively) to anticipate, surprise
The King James renders it: come aforehand, overtake, take 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
prolambano is rendered "to take beforehand; to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative); to overtake, surprise". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to take beforehand".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 14:8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
Mark 14:8προέλαβεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in Mark.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to take beforehand, and to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative), and to overtake, surprise.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to take beforehandwith accusative, 1Co.11:21 (but see infr.). | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 11:21For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry… |
| to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative)with inf. (= cl. φθάνω, see Bl., § 69, 4; Swete, in l), Mrk.14:8. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 14:8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial. |
| to overtake, surprise | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| προλέγω | prolego | to foretell | Uses4 |
All 3, 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
- προέλαβεν1
- προλαμβάνει1
- προλημφθῇ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
Mark
one use
She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
- προέλαβενproelabenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: She came beforehand
1 Corinthians
one use
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
- προλαμβάνειprolambaneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: takes first
Galatians
one use
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
- προλημφθῇprolemphtheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall be overcome
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.