verb
prokērussamō
Strong’sG4296
I preach beforehand
stem prokēruss-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-κηρύσσω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4296 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect προκηρύττω, proclaim by herald, proclaim publicly, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, π. ὠνεῖσθαι τὸν βουλόμενον Refs 5th c.BC+; advertise for sale, κατ᾽ ἀγορὰν τὰ ὤνια Refs 2nd c.AD+; put up to auction, γῆν Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, Refs 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prokērussarantouπροκηρύξαντος | happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine | proclaimed | 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 | prokērussamō | prokērussame | prokērussami | prokērussama | prokērussamē | prokērussamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prokērussasō | prokērussase | prokērussasi | prokērussasa | prokērussasē | prokērussaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokērussatō | prokērussate | prokērussati | prokērussata | prokērussatē | prokērussatelē |
| we 1st person plural | prokērussanō | prokērussane | prokērussani | prokērussana | prokērussanē | prokērussanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokērussavō | prokērussave | prokērussavi | prokērussava | prokērussavē | prokērussavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prokērussalō | prokērussale | prokērussali | prokērussala | prokērussalē | prokērussalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokērussameiō | prokērussameia | prokērussameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prokērussaseiō | prokērussaseia | prokērussaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokērussateiō | prokērussateia | prokērussateiē |
| we 1st person plural | prokērussaneiō | prokērussaneia | prokērussaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokērussaveiō | prokērussaveia | prokērussaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prokērussaleiō | prokērussaleia | prokērussaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prokērussasōr | prokērussasar | prokērussasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokērussatōr | prokērussatar | prokērussatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokērussavōr | prokērussavar | prokērussavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prokērussalōr | prokērussalar | prokērussalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokērussamoiō | prokērussamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prokērussasoiō | prokērussasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokērussatoiō | prokērussatoia |
| we 1st person plural | prokērussanoiō | prokērussanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokērussavoiō | prokērussavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | prokērussaloiō | prokērussaloia |
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 | prokērussarō | prokērussari | prokērussara | prokērussarē |
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 | prokērussarōntos | prokērussarintos | prokērussarantos1× | prokērussarēntos |
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
prokēruss 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
prokērussarantou“proclaimed”happened · of, belonging toaorist active participle genitive singular masculine1×
Acts 13:24“proclaimed”prokērussarantou Iōannou pro prosōpeu tau eisodau autou …Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a …