ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΣ, προτερας
PROTERAS, proteras
Sounds Like: pro-TEH-ras
Translations: of former, of earlier, of previous
From the root: ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'former', 'earlier', or 'previous'. It is used to describe something that existed or happened before something else, indicating a prior state or time. For example, it could refer to a 'former covenant' or 'previous days'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Shepherd of Hermas — 22:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 18:263
- Book 2 — 2:13
- Book 3 — 9:225
- Book 4 — 6:140
- Book 6 — 2:24
- Book 7 — 9:230
- Book 11 — 8:308
- Book 13 — 5:174
- Book 17 — 9:224
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 4 — 1:11
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 16:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 1:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑ — former, earlier, previous, prior
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑʼ — former, earlier, previous, first, prior, (the) former things, (the) previous things
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΙ — former, earlier, previous, former ones, earlier ones
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΙΣ — former, earlier, previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΝ — former, a former, earlier, previous, a previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΕΣ — former, earlier, previous, first
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟ — former, earlier, first, a former (thing), an earlier (thing), a first (thing)
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΙ — former, earlier, previous, prior, first
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — former, earlier, previous, prior, of former times, of earlier times
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — before, formerly, first, earlier, a former thing, a prior thing
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — former, earlier, first, prior, a former, an earlier, a first, a prior
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΥ — of former, of earlier, of first, of previous
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — former, earlier, previous, former ones, earlier ones, previous ones
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΩ — of former, of previous, of earlier, of past
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of former things, of previous things, of earlier things
- ΠΡΟΤΟΥ — before, formerly, previously, first
- ΤΑΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — the former things, the earlier things, the previous things
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