ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΕΙΝ, προυπαρχειν
PROUPARCHEIN, prouparchein
Sounds Like: proo-oo-PAR-khein
Translations: to exist beforehand, to pre-exist, to be already in existence
From the root: ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'προ' (before) and 'ὑπάρχειν' (to exist, to be). It means to exist or be present before something else, indicating a prior state of being or existence. It is used to describe something that was already in place or had a prior existence.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4391 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 48:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΟΝΤΑ — existing before, having existed before, having been before
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΣΑΝ — pre-existing, existing beforehand, having existed before
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩ — exist before, be before, pre-exist
- ΠΡΟΥΠΑΡΧΩΝ — existing beforehand, pre-existing, being before, having been before
- ΠΡΟΥΠΗΡΧΩ — to exist beforehand, to be before, to have been before
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