What does πρότερος · ἀναστροφή · ὁ mean in the Bible?
πρότερος · ἀναστροφή · ὁ is a Greek phrase meaning "former conduct, previous way of life".
Greek · G4387, G391, G3588
προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν
Prior or previous · behavior · the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
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πρότερος G4387 prior or previous
Pronunciation próteros
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ἀναστροφή G391 behavior
Pronunciation anastrophḗ
Manner of life encompassing all behavior and conduct; used distinctly for observable Christian witness and example.
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ὁ G3588 the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Pronunciation ho
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What does προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν (proteran anastrophēn) mean in the Bible?
πρότερος · ἀναστροφή · ὁ is a Greek phrase meaning "former conduct, previous way of life".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4387, G391, G3588?
G4387, G391, G3588 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. former conduct, previous way of life
Source Gloss
former conduct, previous way of life
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 11 Case pattern Accusative (11) Number pattern Singular (11)
Accusative · Singular · Neuter John 6:62 · John 7:50 · John 9:8 · 2 Cor 1:15 · Gal 4:13 · 1 Tim 1:13 · Heb 4:6 · Heb 7:27 · Heb 10:32 · 1 Pet 1:14 10×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Eph 4:22 1×
Word Origins
προτέραν ἀναστροφὴν is built from this root:
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