ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩΝ, προυπαρχων
PROUPARCHŌN, prouparchōn
Sounds Like: proo-oo-PAR-khon
Translations: existing beforehand, pre-existing, being before, having been before
From the root: ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'existing beforehand' or 'pre-existing'. It describes something or someone that was in existence prior to a specific point in time or event. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before', and the verb 'ὑπάρχω' (hyparchō), meaning 'to exist' or 'to be'. It is used to indicate a state of being that precedes another.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G4391 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 87:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΕΙΝ — to exist beforehand, to pre-exist, to be already in existence
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΟΝΤΑ — existing before, having existed before, having been before
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΣΑΝ — pre-existing, existing beforehand, having existed before
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩ — exist before, be before, pre-exist
- ΠΡΟΥΠΗΡΧΩ — to exist beforehand, to be before, to have been before
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