verb
prokatangelamō
Strong’sG4293
I announce beforehand, promise
stem prokatangel-2 times in the New Testament2 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-κατ-αγγέλλω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4293 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
announce or declare beforehand, NT+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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prokatangelataπροκατήγγειλεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | foretold | 1× |
| prokatangelarantoinπροκαταγγείλαντας | happened · objectaorist active participle accusative plural masculine | foretold | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokatangelamō | prokatangelame | prokatangelami | prokatangelama | prokatangelamē | prokatangelamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prokatangelasō | prokatangelase | prokatangelasi | prokatangelasa | prokatangelasē | prokatangelaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokatangelatō | prokatangelate | prokatangelati | prokatangelata1×προκατήγγειλεν | prokatangelatē | prokatangelatelē |
| we 1st person plural | prokatangelanō | prokatangelane | prokatangelani | prokatangelana | prokatangelanē | prokatangelanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokatangelavō | prokatangelave | prokatangelavi | prokatangelava | prokatangelavē | prokatangelavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prokatangelalō | prokatangelale | prokatangelali | prokatangelala | prokatangelalē | prokatangelalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokatangelameiō | prokatangelameia | prokatangelameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prokatangelaseiō | prokatangelaseia | prokatangelaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokatangelateiō | prokatangelateia | prokatangelateiē |
| we 1st person plural | prokatangelaneiō | prokatangelaneia | prokatangelaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokatangelaveiō | prokatangelaveia | prokatangelaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prokatangelaleiō | prokatangelaleia | prokatangelaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prokatangelasōr | prokatangelasar | prokatangelasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokatangelatōr | prokatangelatar | prokatangelatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokatangelavōr | prokatangelavar | prokatangelavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prokatangelalōr | prokatangelalar | prokatangelalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokatangelamoiō | prokatangelamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prokatangelasoiō | prokatangelasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokatangelatoiō | prokatangelatoia |
| we 1st person plural | prokatangelanoiō | prokatangelanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokatangelavoiō | prokatangelavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | prokatangelaloiō | prokatangelaloia |
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 | prokatangelarō | prokatangelari | prokatangelara | prokatangelarē |
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 | prokatangelarōntos | prokatangelarintos | prokatangelarantos1× | prokatangelarēntos |
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
prokatangel 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
prokatangelata“foretold”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 3:18tos de theos heim prokatangelata dia stomeu pantoiu toiu profētoiu paschara …… way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that …
prokatangelarantoin“foretold”happened · objectaorist active participle accusative plural masculine1×
Acts 7:52… tois patrois vu? kai apoktenala toin prokatangelarantoin peri tau eleusiau tou dikaiou hou …… persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One …