verb

Greekπρογίνομαι (proginomai)

Biblang

progenamō

Strong’sG4266

I happen previously

stem progen-once in the New Testament1 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.

** προ-γίνομαι,

[in LXX: Wi 19:13 אA, II Mac 14:3 15:8*;]

to happen before: pf. pass. ptcp., Ro 3:25.†

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

Strong’s G4266 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprog-in'-om-ahee

to be already, i.e. have previousy transpired

Fromfrom G4253 and G1096;

King Jamesbe past.

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

προγίγνομαι,
Ionic dialect and later προγεωργ-γίνομαι [ῑ]: future -γενήσομαι: aorist προὐγενόμην: perfect προγέγονα and -γεγένημαι:— come forward, οἱ δὲ τάχα προγένοντο quickly they came in sight, Refs 8th c.BC+
II to be born before, exist before, ἢν.. προγεγονότες ἔωσι πρὶν.. Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ π. ἄνθρωποι former men, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ προγενόμενοι the previous crews, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.2 of events, etc., ταῦτά μοι προὐγεγόνει Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ ἀκοαὶ τῶν προγεγενημένων reports of things of old time, Refs 5th c.BC+; προγεγενημένοι [πόλεμοι], καιροί, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ διὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἡδοναὶ πρὸ τῶν διὰ τοῦ σώματος προγίγνοιντ᾽ ἄν Refs 5th c.BC+
III simply, to be born, Refs 4th 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.

previously committed1×

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

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
progenarēnteiuπρογεγονότων	has happened · of, belonging toperfect active participle genitive plural neuter	previously committed	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	progenamō	progename	progenami	progenama	progenamē	progenamelē
you 2nd person singular	progenasō	progenase	progenasi	progenasa	progenasē	progenaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	progenatō	progenate	progenati	progenata	progenatē	progenatelē
we 1st person plural	progenanō	progenane	progenani	progenana	progenanē	progenanelē
ye 2nd person plural	progenavō	progenave	progenavi	progenava	progenavē	progenavelē
they 3rd person plural	progenalō	progenale	progenali	progenala	progenalē	progenalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	progenameiō	progenameia	progenameiē
you 2nd person singular	progenaseiō	progenaseia	progenaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	progenateiō	progenateia	progenateiē
we 1st person plural	progenaneiō	progenaneia	progenaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	progenaveiō	progenaveia	progenaveiē
they 3rd person plural	progenaleiō	progenaleia	progenaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	progenasōr	progenasar	progenasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	progenatōr	progenatar	progenatēr
ye 2nd person plural	progenavōr	progenavar	progenavēr
they 3rd person plural	progenalōr	progenalar	progenalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	progenamoiō	progenamoia
you 2nd person singular	progenasoiō	progenasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	progenatoiō	progenatoia
we 1st person plural	progenanoiō	progenanoia
ye 2nd person plural	progenavoiō	progenavoia
they 3rd person plural	progenaloiō	progenaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	progenarō	progenari	progenara	progenarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	progenarōntos	progenarintos	progenarantos	progenarēntos1×

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

progenstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

progen 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

progenarēnteiu“previously committed”has happened · of, belonging toperfect active participle genitive plural neuter1×

Romans 3:25“previously committed”… dikaiosunau autou dia tan paresian teiu progenarēnteiu hamartēmeiu… to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.