ΤΑΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ, ταπροτερον
TAPROTERON, taproteron
Sounds Like: tah-PRO-teh-ron
Translations: the former things, the earlier things, the previous things
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the neuter plural form of the comparative adjective 'πρότερος' (proteros), meaning 'former' or 'earlier'. When used in the neuter plural, it often functions substantively to refer to 'the things that were before' or 'the former things'. It indicates something that existed or occurred at an earlier time.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 8:2
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
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of former things, of previous things, of earlier things
- ΠΡΟΤΟΥ — before, formerly, previously, first
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