progonos

Strong’sG4269

an ancestor

stem progon-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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-γονος, -ον

(< προγίνομαι), [in LXX: Es 4:17, Si 8:4, al.;]

1. born before.

2. As subst., in pl., οἱ π., ancestors, forefathers: II Ti 1:3; of living parents (so Plat.), I Ti 5:4.†

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

Strong’s G4269 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprog'-on-os

an ancestor, (grand-)parent

Fromfrom G4266;

King Jamesforefather, parent.

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

πρόγον-ος, ον,
(γίγνομαι, γέγονα) early-born, [ἄρνες], opposed to μέτασσαι, Refs 8th c.BC+; first-born, Refs
2 ={ἀπόγονος} 1, uncertain in Refs 1st c.BC+
II forefather, ancestor, Refs 5th c.BC+; also of gods or heroes who are the authors or founders of a race, Refs 5th c.BC+: also as feminine, π. γυνή Refs 4th c.BC+ the fathers or founders of a school, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἰὼ πόνοι π. πόνων troubles parents of troubles, Refs 5th c.BC+
III child by a former marriage, step-son, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.: feminine, step-daughter, Refs 5th c.BC+; rarely προγόνη (which see): irregular superlative προγονέστατος eldest step-son, uncertain in Refs

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.

ancestors1×parents1×

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	progonos	progonas	progonem	progonois	progonais	progoneim
object accusative	progonon	progonan		progonoin	progonain
direct address vocative	progonor	progonar		progonoir	progonair
of, belonging to genitive	progonou	progonau	progoneu	progonoiu1×προγόνων	progonaiu	progoneiu
to, for dative	progono	progona	progone	progonoi1×προγόνοις	progonai	progonei

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

progonstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

progon 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

progonoiu“ancestors”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

2 Timothy 1:3“ancestors”… echamō to theo, ho latreuamō apo progonoiu en kathara suneidēsia, hōs adialeiptan echamō …I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you …

progonoi“parents”to, fordative plural1×

1 Timothy 5:4… oikon eusebarō kai amoibain apodōarō toi progonoi, houtem gar atō apodektem enōpion tou …… their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the …