ΠΡΟΕΝΤΥΧΕΙΝ, προεντυχειν
PROENTYCHEIN, proentychein
Sounds Like: pro-en-TYN-khein
Translations: to intercede beforehand, to make petition beforehand, to meet beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΝΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition πρό (pro, meaning 'before' or 'in front of') and the verb ἐντυγχάνω (entygchanō, meaning 'to meet with', 'to appeal to', or 'to intercede'). Therefore, it means to intercede or make a petition in advance of an event or situation. It describes the action of approaching someone on behalf of another, or making a request, before a specific need arises or a situation unfolds.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4389 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 4:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΝΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΕΝΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΝΤΑΣ — interceding beforehand, having interceded beforehand, meeting beforehand, having met beforehand
- ΠΡΟΕΝΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ — to intercede beforehand, to make petition beforehand, to plead beforehand
- ΠΡΟΕΝΤΥΧΟΥΣΙ — those who meet beforehand, those who encounter beforehand, those who fall in with beforehand
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