prodromos

Strong’sG4274

a precursor, forerunner

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

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

πρόδρομ-ος, ον,
running forward with headlong speed, π. ἦλθον Refs 5th c.BC+; μόλε π. variant in Refs 5th c.BC+
2 running before, going in advance, π. στρατιή Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently of horsemen in advance of an army, Refs 5th c.BC+; mounted skirmishers, οἱ π. 'guides', a special corps in the Refs 5th c.BC+; also, of light ships, Refs 4th c.AD+
3 metaphorically, precursor, ἀστέρα.. ἀελίου π.Refs 5th c.BC+
4 π. (i.e. οἶνος), see at {πρότροπος}.
II as substantive, πρόδρομοι, οἱ,
II.1 see above Refs
II.2 northerly winds, preceding the etesian winds, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 early figs, Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

forerunner1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	prodromos1×πρόδρομος	prodromas	prodromem	prodromois	prodromais	prodromeim
object accusative	prodromon	prodroman		prodromoin	prodromain
direct address vocative	prodromor	prodromar		prodromoir	prodromair
of, belonging to genitive	prodromou	prodromau	prodromeu	prodromoiu	prodromaiu	prodromeiu
to, for dative	prodromo	prodroma	prodrome	prodromoi	prodromai	prodromei

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+smnru—its 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prodromos“forerunner”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 6:20hopou prodromos huper nu eiserchata Iēsus, kata tan …where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He …