Strong’s G4281 · Greek

προέρχομαι
proérchomai

Definition

to go onward, precede (in place or time)

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι) (including its alternate);

Where the KJV renders it

  • go before (farther
  • forward)
  • outgo
  • pass on

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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