ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ, προτεροις
PROTEROIS, proterois
Sounds Like: pro-TEH-roys
Translations: former, earlier, previous, prior, of former times, of earlier times
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that existed or happened before something else in time or order. It is used to indicate a preceding state, event, or group of people. For example, it could refer to 'former things' or 'those who came before'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 8:27
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 8:200
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 8:27
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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)
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΙ — former, earlier, previous, prior, first
- 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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