2001 Translation

TOUMPROSTHEN, toumprosthen

Sounds Like: too-M-PROS-then

Translations: forward, in front, before, ahead, in the future, for the future

From the root: ΕΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word is a compound form, likely a contraction of 'τὸ ἔμπροσθεν' (to emprosthen), meaning 'the one in front' or 'that which is in front'. It functions as an adverb, indicating direction or position. It is used to describe movement or location towards the front, or a position ahead of something else. It can also refer to time, meaning 'in the future' or 'henceforth'.

Inflection: Does not inflect (adverbial usage of a substantive)

Strong’s number: G1715 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:203

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 1:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ.

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.

• ΕΜΠΡΟΣΘΕ — before, in front of, in the presence of, ahead, forward
• ΕΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ — before, in front of, in the presence of, ahead, (of) before, (of) in front of, (of) in the presence of
• ΕΜΠΡΟΣΘΙΑ — front, in front, before, in the presence of, in the sight of, in the future, forward, ahead

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