Greek verb · G5348
φθάνω
phthanofthan'-o
to come before another, anticipate; In late writers and M
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phthánō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5348is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5348
to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede; by extension, to have arrived at
The King James renders it: (already) attain, come, prevent.
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
phthano is rendered "to come before another, anticipate; In late writers and M". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Thessalonians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to come before another, anticipate".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 12:28ἔφθασεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in 1 Thessalonians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to come before another, anticipate, and In late writers and M.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to come before another, anticipate(cl.): with accusative of person(s), 1Th.4:15. | Tagged as
| Where1 Thessalonians 4:15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of… |
| In late writers and MGr. (see Kennedy, Sources, 156; Lft., Notes, 35), to come, arrive | Tagged as
| WhereDaniel 4:21whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all… |
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.
All 7, 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
- ἔφθασεν4
- ἐφθάσαμεν2
- φθάσωμεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-AAS-1P
Matthew
one use
But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- ἔφθασενephthasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has come
Luke
one use
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- ἔφθασενephthasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has come
Romans
one use
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- ἔφθασενephthasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did attain
2 Corinthians
one use
We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
- ἐφθάσαμενephthasamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we came
Philippians
one use
Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.
- ἐφθάσαμενephthasamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have attained
1 Thessalonians
two uses
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- ἔφθασενephthasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has come
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- φθάσωμενphthasomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: may precede
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.