ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΣΘΑΙ, προειρησθαι
PROEIRĒSTHAI, proeirēsthai
Sounds Like: pro-ee-REES-thai
Translations: to have been said beforehand, to have been foretold, to have been spoken of previously
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect passive infinitive form of the verb 'προερω' (proerō), meaning 'to say beforehand' or 'to foretell'. As a perfect passive infinitive, it indicates an action that has been completed in the past and whose subject is the recipient of the action. It is often used in constructions where something is reported to have been previously stated or prophesied.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4280 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 10:257
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 33:1
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
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΜΕΝΑ — aforementioned, before-mentioned, previously said, what has been said before, the things previously said
- 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
- 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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