ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΙ, προτεροι
PROTEROI, proteroi
Sounds Like: PRO-teh-roy
Translations: former, earlier, previous, prior, first
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This adjective describes something that comes before in time or order. It is used to refer to things or people that existed or occurred previously. It can be used attributively (e.g., 'the former things') or substantively (e.g., 'the former ones').
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 18:27
- Numbers — 32:17
- Deuteronomy — 2:10
- Joshua — 1:14, 3:14
- 1 Chronicles — 29:29
- Tobit — 6:15
- Jeremiah — 35:8
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 4:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 4:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑ — former, earlier, previous, prior
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑʼ — former, earlier, previous, first, prior, (the) former things, (the) previous things
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΙ — former, earlier, previous, former ones, earlier ones
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΙΣ — former, earlier, previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΝ — former, a former, earlier, previous, a previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΣ — of former, of earlier, of previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΕΣ — former, earlier, previous, first
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟ — former, earlier, first, a former (thing), an earlier (thing), a first (thing)
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — former, earlier, previous, prior, of former times, of earlier times
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — before, formerly, first, earlier, a former thing, a prior thing
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — former, earlier, first, prior, a former, an earlier, a first, a prior
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΥ — of former, of earlier, of first, of previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — former, earlier, previous, former ones, earlier ones, previous ones
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΩ — of former, of previous, of earlier, of past
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of former things, of previous things, of earlier things
- ΠΡΟΤΟΥ — before, formerly, previously, first
- ΤΑΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — the former things, the earlier things, the previous things
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