ΠΡΟΓΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΩΝ, προγενεστερων
PROGENESTERŌN, progenesterōn
Sounds Like: proh-geh-nes-TEH-rohn
Translations: of earlier, of older, of former, of prior
From the root: ΠΡΟΓΕΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective, meaning 'earlier' or 'older'. It is a compound word formed from 'πρό' (before) and 'γένος' (race, kind, birth). It is used to describe something or someone that existed or occurred at an earlier time than something else. For example, it could refer to 'earlier generations' or 'older events'.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Comparative, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4262 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΓΕΝΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΓΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΑ — older, earlier, prior, an older one, an earlier one
- ΠΡΟΓΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΣ — older, earlier, prior, more ancient
- ΠΡΟΓΕΝΗΣ — born before, prior, earlier, ancient, primeval
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