ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ, προηγουμενοις
PROĒGOUMENOIS, proēgoumenois
Sounds Like: proh-ay-goo-MEH-noys
Translations: leading, guiding, going before, those who lead, those who guide, those who go before, a leader, a guide
From the root: ΠΡΟΗΓΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle derived from the verb 'προηγέομαι', meaning 'to go before', 'to lead', or 'to guide'. In this form, it describes those who are in a position of leadership or guidance, often referring to leaders or prominent figures within a community or group. It can function adjectivally to describe people or substantively as a noun meaning 'leaders'.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Masculine, Plural, Dative
Strong’s number: G4285 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΗΓΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΗΓΕΙΤΑΙ — he goes before, she goes before, it goes before, he leads, she leads, it leads, he precedes, she precedes, it precedes
- ΠΡΟΗΓΕΟΜΑΙ — to lead the way, to go before, to show the way, to take the lead, to be a leader, to excel, to prefer, to esteem more highly
- ΠΡΟΗΓΕΤΟ — was leading the way, was going before, was preceding, was guiding
- ΠΡΟΗΓΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — having led the way, having gone before, having been a leader, having been a guide
- ΠΡΟΗΓΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will lead, will go before, will precede, will guide, will show the way
- ΠΡΟΗΓΜΕΝΑΣ — preferred, advanced, leading, gone before, having gone before
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΑΙ — I lead the way, I go before, I precede, I show the way, I guide, I consider, I prefer, I esteem
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — leading, going before, preceding, chief, principal, a leader, a chief person
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — leading the way, going before, preceding, foremost, chief, pre-eminent, a leader, a chief
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — leading, going before, guiding, a leader, a guide
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — leading, guiding, going before, a leader, a guide
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΩ — previously, primarily, especially, first, beforehand
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — preceding, going before, leading, guiding, leading the way, going first, of those who have gone before, of those who are leading
- ΠΡΟΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΩΣ — primarily, chiefly, especially, first of all, previously, beforehand
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