ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΑ, προειρημενα
PROEIRĒMENA, proeirēmena
Sounds Like: pro-ee-REE-may-nah
Translations: aforementioned, before-mentioned, previously said, what has been said before, the things previously said
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Participle
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle, meaning 'having been said beforehand' or 'previously mentioned'. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and the verb 'ἐρῶ' (erō), meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. It is used to refer to things, statements, or events that have already been spoken about or referred to earlier in the text or conversation.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Perfect Passive Participle
Strong’s number: G4280 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 2:17, 14:307
- Book 6 — 1:13
- Book 8 — 15:412
- Book 9 — 4:74, 9:190, 11:242
- Book 10 — 4:67, 7:115, 10:193
- Book 11 — 3:43
- Book 19 — 8:338
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 31:5
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 42:1
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 11:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΡΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΕΙΠΟΝ — said before, told beforehand, foretold, declared beforehand
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΚΑ — I have said before, I have told beforehand, I have foretold
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΚΕ — has said before, has foretold, has spoken beforehand
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΚΕΙ — had said beforehand, had foretold, had spoken previously
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have said beforehand, to have foretold, to have spoken previously
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΚΕΣΑΝ — they have said beforehand, they had said beforehand, they have told beforehand, they had told beforehand
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΗΝ — aforementioned, aforesaid, previously mentioned, before-mentioned
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) the aforementioned, (to) the aforesaid, (to) the previously mentioned
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΟΝ — aforementioned, aforesaid, previously mentioned, that which has been said before, the aforementioned thing
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΟΣ — aforesaid, aforementioned, previously mentioned, the aforesaid, the aforementioned
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΟΥ — of the aforementioned, of the aforesaid, of the previously mentioned, of the previously said
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΣΘΑΙ — to have been said beforehand, to have been foretold, to have been spoken of previously
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΤΑΙ — it has been said beforehand, it has been foretold, it has been stated previously
- ΠΡΟΕΡΩ — to say beforehand, to foretell, to tell in advance, to speak previously
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