prokopas

Strong’sG4297

progress, advancement

stem prokop-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 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-κοπή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< προκόπτω), [in LXX: Si 51:17, II Mac 8:8*;]

progress (prop., on a journey, then generally): Phl 1:12, 25, I Ti 4:15 (condemned by Atticists, v. Rutherford, NPhr., 158).†

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

Strong’s G4297 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprok-op-ay'

progress, i.e. advancement (subjectively or objectively)

Fromfrom G4298;

King Jamesfurtherance, profit.

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

προ-κοπή, ἡ,
progress on a journey, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 generally, progress, advance, τὴν οἴησιν ἔλεγε προκοπῆς ἐγκοπήν that opinionforming was the stoppage of progress, Refs 2nd c.BC+; π. σχεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, λαμβάνειν, Refs 2nd c.BC+; frequently of moral progress, Refs; παλίντροπος π. progress in a contrary direction, LXX+2nd c.BC+; proficiency, ἐν τοῖς λόγοις NT+1st c.BC+; improvement in health, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν μείζοσι προκοπαῖς Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.b success, prosperity, δόζα καὶ π. παρά τισιν ὑπάρξειRefs 4th c.AD+
3 military promotion, Refs 1st c.AD+
4 process, κατὰ προκοπήν by process of time or growth, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 in Mathematics texts, progression of numbers, μέχρις ἂν εἰς τετράδα ἡ π. ἔλθῃ 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.

progress3×

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	prokopas1×προκοπὴ	prokopais
object accusative	prokopan2×προκοπὴν	prokopain
direct address vocative	prokopar	prokopair
of, belonging to genitive	prokopau	prokopaiu
to, for dative	prokopa	prokopai

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

prokopstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prokopa 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.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

prokopas“progress”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Timothy 4:15… en houtei asōr, hina su tas prokopas faneras ateiō pantoi;… absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

prokopan“progress”objectaccusative singular2×

Philippians 1:12“progress”… hoti teim kata min mallon eis prokopan teu euangelieu erchatē,… know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.

Philippians 1:25… paramenami pantoi vi eis tan vu prokopan kai charan tau pistiau,… with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,