Lexicon prodromos: a running forward, going in advance Original Word: πρόδρομος, ου, ὁ, ἡPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: prodromos Phonetic Spelling: (prod'-rom-os) Short Definition: a precursor, forerunner Definition: a precursor, forerunner, advance guard. HELPS word-Studies 4274 pródromos (from 4253 /pró, "before" and 1408 /drómos, "a race-course") – properly, a person running ahead (a forerunner) to reach the destination before others – i.e. arriving safely in advance for the benefit of others who also need to get there. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom protrechóDefinitiona running forward, going in advance NASB Translationforerunner (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4274: πρόδρομοςπρόδρομος, προδρομου, ὁ, ἡ ( προτρέχω, προδραμεῖν), a forerunner (especially one who is sent before to take observations or act as spy, a scout, a light-armed soldier; Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others; cf. Wis. 12:8); one who comes in advance to a place whither the rest are to follow: Hebrews 6:20.
Strong's forerunner. From the alternate of protrecho; a runner ahead, i.e. Scout (figuratively, precursor) -- forerunner. see GREEK protrecho |
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