G4387: πρότερος
próteros · “before”
Definition
prior or previous
KJV translates it as: former
Word origin: comparative of G4253 (πρό);
Extended definition
[in LXX for רִאשׁוֹן ,לִפָנִים, etc. ;]
before, of time, place, rank, etc.; in NT always of Time, before, former: Eph.4:22. Adverbially, πρότερον, before, aforetime, formerly: Jhn.7:50, 2Co.1:15, Heb.4:6; opposite to ἔπειτα, Heb.7:27; τὸ π., Jhn.6:62 9:8, Gal.4:13, 1Ti.1:13; αἱ π. ἡμέραι, Heb.10:32; αἱ π. ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe.1:14.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4387 is translated
- former ×2
- before? ×1
- before ×1
- previously ×1
- first, ×1
Bible verses with G4387 (próteros)
Próteros appears in 6 verses.
- John 6:62
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
- John 7:50
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
- John 9:8
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
- 2 Corinthians 1:15
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
- Galatians 4:13
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
- Ephesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;