Definition

to lie before the view, i.e. (figuratively) to be present (to the mind), to stand forth (as an example or reward)

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G2749 (κεῖμαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• be first
• set before (forth)

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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