ΠΡΟΕΙΧΟΝ, προειχον
PROEICHON, proeichon
Sounds Like: pro-EE-khon
Translations: they excelled, they were superior, they had an advantage
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from πρό (pro), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and ἔχω (echō), meaning 'to have' or 'to hold'. Together, it means 'to have before', 'to excel', 'to be superior', or 'to have an advantage'. It describes a state of being preeminent or having a lead over others. ΠΡΟΕΙΧΟΝ is the 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative form of this verb, indicating that 'they were excelling' or 'they had an advantage' in a continuous or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4284 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 13:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΧΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΙΠΡΟΥΧΟΥΣΑΙ — projecting, standing out, excelling, prominent, preeminent
- ΟΥΧΕΙ — excels, is superior, projects, stands out, is prominent, is preeminent
- ΠΡΟΑΝΕΙΧΕΝ — projected, stood out, extended, held out, had in advance
- ΠΡΟΕΙΧΕ — excelled, was superior, had preeminence, was prominent, had an advantage
- ΠΡΟΕΙΧΕΝ — excelled, had preeminence, was superior, had an advantage
- ΠΡΟΕΧΕΣΘΕ — excel, surpass, be superior, have an advantage, be preeminent
- ΠΡΟΕΧΜΑ — pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, a pre-eminence, an advantage
- ΠΡΟΕΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we excel, we are better, we have an advantage, we are superior
- ΠΡΟΕΧΟΝ — projecting, prominent, outstanding, superior, a projecting thing, that which projects
- ΠΡΟΕΧΟΝΤΕΣ — excelling, preeminent, leading, chief, prominent, a leader, the leaders, those who excel
- ΠΡΟΕΧΟΝΤΙ — excelling, being preeminent, being superior, projecting, standing out, being prominent, having an advantage, being better, being more excellent
- ΠΡΟΕΧΟΥΣΑ — excelling, preeminent, surpassing, having preeminence, outstanding, prominent
- ΠΡΟΕΧΩ — to go before, to proceed, to advance, to make progress, to excel, to be superior
- ΠΡΟΥ̓ΧΟΝΤΙ — (to) excelling, (to) being pre-eminent, (to) leading, (to) being prominent, (to) having pre-eminence
- ΠΡΟΥΠΕΣΧΟΜΗΝ — I had promised, I had offered, I had presented, I had held forth
- ΠΡΟΥΧΕΙ — to excel, to be superior, to be preeminent, to be prominent, to be chief
- ΠΡΟΥΧΕΙΝ — to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be preeminent, to be prominent
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΙΕΝ — they might excel, they might be superior, they might be prominent, they might project
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΝΤΑ — prominent, leading, chief, principal, preeminent, a prominent one, a leading one
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΝΤΑΣ — excelling, surpassing, preeminent, leading, chief, a leader, a chief person
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΝΤΕΣ — leading men, chief men, principal men, prominent, excelling, preeminent
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΝΤΙ — excelling, being preeminent, being superior, projecting, standing out, being prominent, being chief, being first
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΥΣΗ — projecting, standing out, prominent, excelling, superior
- ΠΡΟΥΧΟΥΣΙ — to those excelling, to those surpassing, to those being preeminent, to those being superior
- ΠΡΟΥΧΩΝ — excelling, surpassing, being superior, being preeminent, being prominent, being chief, being first
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