ΗΝΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΚΑΜΕΝ, ηνπροειρηκαμεν
ĒNPROEIRĒKAMEN, ēnproeirēkamen
Sounds Like: EEN-pro-ee-RAY-kah-men
Translations: we had said before, we had said, we had mentioned
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΙΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the imperfect of the verb "to be" (ἦν) and the perfect active indicative first person plural of the verb "to say beforehand" (προειρήκαμεν). It means "we had said before" or "we had mentioned." It describes an action of speaking that was completed before a past point in time.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular (ἦν) + Perfect Active Indicative, 1st Person Plural (προειρήκαμεν)
Strong’s number: G4280 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 3:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΙΡΕΩ.
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- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΕΩ — say beforehand, foretell, predict, warn
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