Definition

to drive forward (as if by beating), i.e. (figuratively and intransitively) to advance (in amount, to grow; in time, to be well along)

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G2875 (κόπτω);

Where the KJV renders it

• increase
• proceed
• profit
• be far spent
• wax

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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