ΠΡΟΤΡΕΧΟΝΤΑΣ, προτρεχοντας
PROTRECHONTAS, protrechontas
Sounds Like: pro-TREKH-on-tas
Translations: running before, outrunning, those running before, those who run before
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΡΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'running before' or 'outrunning'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΠΡΟ (PRO), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and the verb ΤΡΕΧΩ (TRECHO), meaning 'to run'. It describes an action of running ahead of someone or something, or running faster than others. It can be used to describe individuals who are leading a race or moving ahead of a group.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G4390 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 8:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΤΡΕΧΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΔΡΑΜ — run before, outrun, precede, run ahead
- ΠΡΟΔΡΑΜΩΝ — running ahead, having run ahead, outrunning, going before
- ΠΡΟΕΔΡΑΜΕΝ — ran ahead, outran, ran before
- ΠΡΟΘΕΟΝΤΑΣ — running before, running ahead, outrunning, going before
- ΠΡΟΤΡΕΧΩ — run before, outrun, precede, run ahead
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