What does προφθάνω (prophthánō) mean in the Bible?
προφθάνω (prophthánō) is a Greek word meaning "to come before".
Greek · G4399
προφθάνω
To come before
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προφθάνωG4399
Pronunciationprophthánō
What does προφθάνω (prophthánō) mean in the Bible?
προφθάνω (prophthánō) is a Greek word meaning "to come before".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4399?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include preempted (1).
Where does προφθάνω (prophthánō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (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 Itpreempted1×Matthew 17:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 17:25
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
προέφθασεν1xproephthasenMatthew 17:25
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular1xMatthew 17:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to come before
Strong'sG4399
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to come before
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
with ptcp. (as in cl., but more frequently the simple φθάνω, which see), to anticipate: Mat.17:25.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:25Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
προέφθασενproefqasen
I anticipate
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesAoristVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Aorist ActiveMatt 17:251×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
active1
Mood
indicative1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
προφθάνω is built from these roots:
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