2001 Translation

PROGONŌN, progonōn

Sounds Like: pro-GO-non

Translations: of ancestors, of forefathers, of parents

From the root: ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to those who came before, such as ancestors, forefathers, or even parents. It is used to denote a lineage or a preceding generation. In a sentence, it would typically be used to indicate possession or origin, like 'the traditions of our ancestors'.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4269 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 4:17m
• 4 Maccabees — 3:8, 5:29
• 2 Timothy — 1:3

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 6:29, 7:34, 18:127, 25:224, 1:7, 3:28, 5:48, 26:204
• Book Two — 1:7, 3:28, 5:48, 26:204

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:9, 4:114, 19:316
• Book 2 — 2:8, 6:92, 7:188, 8:196
• Book 9 — 8:172
• Book 10 — 4:50, 4:52, 4:59, 4:65
• Book 11 — 1:16, 2:27, 5:165
• Book 12 — 3:150
• Book 14 — 10:247
• Book 15 — 4:95, 7:253, 7:256
• Book 16 — 11:394
• Book 17 — 10:278
• Book 18 — 3:66, 8:266
• Book 19 — 1:2, 1:122, 2:164, 3:220

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:17, 7:4, 25:7
• Book Four — 3:55, 3:57
• Book Five — 9:49

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 4:17
• 2 Maccabees — 8:19, 11:25
• 3 Maccabees — 6:28
• 4 Maccabees — 3:8, 5:29

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Timothy — 1:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ.

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.

• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΙΚΑΙΣ — (to) ancestral, (to) traditional, (to) hereditary
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙ — ancestors, forefathers, progenitors
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙΞΕΡΞΟΥ — unknown, garbled text
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΙΣ — ancestors, forefathers, (to) ancestors, (to) forefathers
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΝ — ancestor, forefathers, a forefather, ancestors, a progenitor, progenitors
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΣ — ancestor, forefather, progenitor, an ancestor
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΥ — of an ancestor, of forefathers, of parents, of progenitors
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΟΥΣ — ancestors, forefathers, a forefather
• ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩ — ancestor, forefather, parent, of ancestors, of forefathers

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