| Lexical Summary prouparchō: to exist beforehandOriginal Word: προϋπάρχω Transliteration: prouparchō Phonetic Spelling: (pro-oop-ar'-kho) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to exist beforehand Meaning: to exist beforehand Strong's Concordanceexist beforehand From pro and huparcho; to exist before, i.e. (adverbially) to be or do something previously -- + be before(-time). see GREEK pro see GREEK huparcho Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 4391: προϋπάρχω προϋπάρχω: imperfect προϋπῆρχον; from Thucydides and Plato down; to be before, exist previously: with a participle Acts 8:9; προϋπῆρχον ὄντες, Luke 23:12; cf. Bornemann, Schol. ad h. l.; Winers Grammar, 350 (328); (Buttmann, § 144, 14). | 



