What does προκοπή (prokopḗ) mean in the Bible?
προκοπή (prokopḗ): Progress as advancement or forward movement, originally literal journey-progress, then spiritual/personal development in faith.
Greek · G4297
προκοπή
Progress
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προκοπή G4297
Pronunciation prokopḗ
What does προκοπή (prokopḗ) mean in the Bible?
προκοπή (prokopḗ): Progress as advancement or forward movement, originally literal journey-progress, then spiritual/personal development in faith.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4297?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include progress (2), advance (1).
Where does προκοπή (prokopḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 1:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (2), 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It progress 2× Philippians 1:25, 1 Timothy 4:15
advance 1× Philippians 1:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Philippians 1:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Philippians 2 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
προκοπὴν 2x prokopēn Philippians 1:12, Philippians 1:25
προκοπὴ 1x prokopē 1 Timothy 4:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Philippians 1:12, Philippians 1:25
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Timothy 4:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Progress as advancement or forward movement, originally literal journey-progress, then spiritual/personal development in faith.
Strong's G4297
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 1:12–18a Source Gloss
progress
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Progress as advancement or forward movement, originally literal journey-progress, then spiritual/personal development in faith.
(προκόπτω), [in LXX: Sir.51:17, 2Ma.8:8 * ;] progress (prop., on a journey, then generally): Php.1:12, 25, 1Ti.4:15 (condemned by Atticists, see Rutherford, NPhr., 158).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 1:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προκοπὴν prokophn
progress, advancement
Read verse Philippians 1:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προκοπὴν prokophn
progress, advancement
Read verse 1 Timothy 4:15 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
προκοπὴ prokoph
progress, advancement
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 4:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Phil 1:12 · Phil 1:25 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
progress through resistance
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
προκοπή is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Shows that gospel advancement occurs through hardship. Philippians 1:12–18a
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain