G4391
G4391 — προϋπάρχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
prouparcho (prou"-par'-kho) v.
1. to exist before
2. (adverbially) to be or do something previously
[from G4253 and G5225]
KJV: + be before(-time)
Root(s): G4253, G5225
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
+ be before(-time)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προϋπάρχω: imperfect προϋπῆρχον; from Thucydides and Plato down; to be before, exist previously: with a participle Act 8:9; προϋπῆρχον ὄντες, Luk 23:12; cf. Bornemann, Schol. ad h. l.; Winers Grammar, 350 (328); (Buttmann, § 144, 14).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προϋπάρχω (+ be before(-time))
Luke 23:12
- KJV: And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at enmity between themselves
- GK: εγένοντο δε φίλοι ο τε Πιλάτος και ο Ηρώδης εν αυτή τη ημέρα μετ΄ αλλήλων προϋπήρχον γαρ εν έχθρα όντες προς εαυτούς
Acts 8:9
- KJV: But there was a certain man called Simon which beforetime in the same city used sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria giving out that himself was some great one
- GK: ανήρ δε τις ονόματι Σίμων προϋπήρχεν εν τη πόλει μαγεύων και εξιστών το έθνος της Σαμαρείας λέγων είναί τινα εαυτόν μέγαν