Greek adverb · G4386
πρότερον
proteronprot'-er-on
previously
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: próteron
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4386is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4386
previously
The King James renders it: before, (at the) first, former.
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
proteron is rendered "previously". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
The first use
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
1 Timothy 1:13πρότερον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- former2
- formerly2
- first1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| πρότερος | proteros | before | Uses6 |
| προτίθεμαι | protithemai | to plan/present | Uses3 |
| προτρέχω | protrecho | to outrun | Uses2 |
| προτείνω | proteino | to stretch out | Uses1 |
| προτρέπομαι | protrepomai | to encourage | Uses1 |
| προτάσσω | protasso | to predetermine | Usesnot recorded |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling 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
- πρότερον5
The grammar of each form
- ADV-C5ADV-C
1 Timothy
one use
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- πρότερονproteronADV-Ctagged: formerly
Hebrews
three uses
Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
- πρότερονproteronADV-Ctagged: formerly
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- πρότερονproteronADV-Ctagged: first
Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
- πρότερονproteronADV-Ctagged: former
1 Peter
one use
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- πρότερονproteronADV-Ctagged: former
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.