Lexicon proégeomai: to go before (as a leader) Original Word: προηγέομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proégeomai Phonetic Spelling: (pro-ay-geh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I lead onward by example Definition: I lead onward by example, go before, prefer. HELPS word-Studies 4285 proēgéomai (from 4253 /pró, "before" and 2233 /hēgéomai, "leading to an important conclusion") – properly, to lead the way, passing on the right example (modeling, exhibiting) the proper behavior, i.e. so others can follow the one "going first." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pro and hégeomaiDefinitionto go before (as a leader) NASB Translationgive preference (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4285: προηγέομαιπροηγέομαι, προηγοῦμαι; to go before and show the way, to go before and lead, to go before as leader ( Herodotus 2, 48; often in Xenophon; besides in Aristophanes, Polybius, Plutarch, the Sept., others): τῇ τιμή ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι, one going before another as an example of deference ( A. V. in honor preferring one another (on the dative cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6 a.)), Romans 12:10. The Greek writers connect this verb now with the dative ( Aristophanes, Plutarch, 1195; Polybius 6, 53, 8; etc.), now with the genitive ( Diodorus 1, 87); see προέρχομαι, 2 a.
Strong's prefer. From pro and hegeomai; to lead the way for others, i.e. Show deference -- prefer. see GREEK pro see GREEK hegeomai |
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