2001 Translation

PROTERŌN, proterōn

Sounds Like: pro-TEH-rohn

Translations: of former things, of previous things, of earlier things

From the root: ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'πρότερος', meaning 'former', 'previous', or 'earlier'. It is used to refer to things that happened or existed before the present time, often in the context of past events or conditions. It can be used with masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns.

Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G4386 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:46

Codex Sinaiticus

• Sirach — 21:1, 41:3
• Isaiah — 65:17
• Jeremiah — 11:10
• Shepherd of Hermas — 7:1, 20:2, 21:2, 23:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:262
• Book 3 — 12:276
• Book 4 — 8:254
• Book 6 — 3:35
• Book 9 — 4:85, 13:262
• Book 10 — 3:42
• Book 16 — 5:146
• Book 17 — 5:108

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 2:9, 22:7
• Book Two — 8:46, 14:3
• Book Six — 8:10

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:5, 81:1, 116:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Sirach — 21:1, 41:3
• Isaiah — 65:17

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 2:1, 3:1, 3:3

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 7:3
• Parable 8 — 11:3
• Parable 9 — 19:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 3:1
• Vision 3 — 12:2, 13:2
• Vision 4 — 2:2

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
• 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
• ΠΡΟΤΟΥ — before, formerly, previously, first
• ΤΑΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — the former things, the earlier things, the previous things

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