Strong's Greek Concordance

G4390: προτρέχω

protréchō · “to outrun”

Definition

to run forward, i.e. outstrip, precede

KJV translates it as: outrun, run before

Word origin: from G4253 (πρό) and G5143 (τρέχω) (including its alternate);

Extended definition

προ-τρέχω
[in LXX: 1Ki.8:11 (פָּנִים רוּץ), Job.41:13 (14) A (דּוּץ), Tob.11:3 (before ἔμπροσθεν), 1Ma.16:21 * ;]
1. to run forward.
2. to run on, run in advance: Jhn.20:4; before εἰς τὸ ἔμπροσθεν, Luk.19:4.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G4390 is translated

  • having run ×1
  • ran ahead ×1

Bible verses with G4390 (protréchō)

Protréchō appears in 2 verses.

  • Luke 19:4

    And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

  • John 20:4

    So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

Words derived from G4390