ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ, προγονος
PROGONOS, progonos
Sounds Like: pro-GO-nos
Translations: ancestor, forefather, progenitor, an ancestor
From the root: ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a person from whom one is descended, typically a more remote ancestor rather than a parent or grandparent. It is used to denote a lineage or a historical predecessor. For example, one might refer to Abraham as the 'forefather' of a nation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4268 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 14:92
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΙΚΑΙΣ — (to) ancestral, (to) traditional, (to) hereditary
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙ — ancestors, forefathers, progenitors
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙΞΕΡΞΟΥ — unknown, garbled text
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙΣ — ancestors, forefathers, (to) ancestors, (to) forefathers
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΝ — ancestor, forefathers, a forefather, ancestors, a progenitor, progenitors
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΥ — of an ancestor, of forefathers, of parents, of progenitors
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΥΣ — ancestors, forefathers, a forefather
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩ — ancestor, forefather, parent, of ancestors, of forefathers
- ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝ — of ancestors, of forefathers, of parents
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