Lexical Summary prophthanō: to anticipate Original Word: προφθάνωTransliteration: prophthanō Phonetic Spelling: (prof-than'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to anticipate Meaning: to anticipate Strong's Concordance anticipate, prevent. From pro and phthano; to get an earlier start of, i.e. Anticipate -- prevent. see GREEK pro see GREEK phthano Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4399: προφθάνωπροφθάνω: 1 aorist προέφθασα; to come before, to anticipate: αὐτόν προεφθασε λέγων, he spoke before him (R. V. spake first to him), or anticipated his remark, Matthew 17:25. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plutarch; the Sept..) |
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