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adjective

prodromos

Greekπρόδρομος (prodromos)

Strong’sG4274

a precursor, forerunner

stem prodrom-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

forerunner

What it means

πρό-δρομος, -ον

(< προτρέχω), [in LXX: Nu 13:21 (20), Is 28:4 (בּכר), Wi 12:8*;]

running forward, going in advance. As subst., ὁ π., an advance guard, forerunner: He 6:20.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4274 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprod'-rom-os

a runner ahead, i.e. scout (figuratively, precursor)

Fromfrom the alternate of G4390;

King Jamesforerunner.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativeprodromosπρόδρομοςprodromasprodromemprodromoisprodromaisprodromeim
object accusativeprodromonprodromanprodromoinprodromain
direct address vocativeprodromorprodromarprodromoirprodromair
of, belonging to genitiveprodromouprodromauprodromeuprodromoiuprodromaiuprodromeiu
to, for dativeprodromoprodromaprodromeprodromoiprodromaiprodromei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
prodromstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

prodrom is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prodromos“forerunner”subjectnominative singular

Hebrews 6:20“forerunner”hopou prodromos huper nu eiserchata Iēsus, kata tan taxian Melchisedek archierevos gineratos eis ton aiōnon.where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.