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πρότερονStrong’s G4386proteron
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Proteron is the Greek word usually translated “formerly”, “former” and “first”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”
Meaning
Usually translated “formerly”, “former” and “first”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- formerly 2
- former 2
- first 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- 1 Timothy 1
- 1 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Hebrews 4:6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
- Hebrews 7:27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
- Hebrews 10:32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Greek dictionary
πρότερον proteron · previously
before; (adv.) before, formerly, an earlier time former, prior, Eph. 4:22; before, former, prior, Eph. 4:22; before, formerly, Jn. 6:62
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “previously” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRE'VIOUSLY, adverb
In time preceding; beforehand; antecedently; as a plan previously formed.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.