Definition

to lead forward (magisterially); intransitively, to precede (in place or time (participle, previous))

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G71 (ἄγω);

Where the KJV renders it

• bring (forth
• out)
• go before

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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