ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ, προτερους
PROTEROUS, proterous
Sounds Like: PRO-teh-ROOS
Translations: former, earlier, previous, former ones, earlier ones, previous ones
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 or someone that existed or occurred before another in time or order. For example, it could refer to 'former kings' or 'previous events.'
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 33:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 1:22
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
- ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΣ — of former, of earlier, of 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
- 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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