verb
proporeuomō
Strong’sG4313
I precede, pass on before
stem proporeu-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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-πορεύω,
[in LXX chiefly for הלךְ, also for עבר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4313 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
cause to go before, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, with aorist middle, go before, NT+4th c.BC+; οἱ προπορευόμενοι the van, Refs; ἡ προπορευομένη, ={πρόπολος}, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a river, flow onward, LXX
2 come forward, Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 to be promoted, advance, πρὸς τὴν στρατηγίαν 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| proporeuesiπροπορεύσῃ | will happen · youfuture middle indicative 2nd person singular | go | 1× |
| proporeueliπροπορεύσονται | will happen · theyfuture middle indicative 3rd person plural | go before | 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, 2 occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proporeuomō | proporeuome | proporeuomē | proporeuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuosō | proporeuose | proporeuosē | proporeuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeuotō | proporeuote | proporeuotē | proporeuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | proporeuonō | proporeuone | proporeuonē | proporeuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuovō | proporeuove | proporeuovē | proporeuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeuolō | proporeuole | proporeuolē | proporeuolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proporeuemi | proporeuema |
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuesi1×προπορεύσῃ | proporeuesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeueti | proporeueta |
| we 1st person plural | proporeueni | proporeuena |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuevi | proporeueva |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeueli1×προπορεύσονται | proporeuela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proporeuomeiō | proporeuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuoseiō | proporeuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeuoteiō | proporeuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | proporeuoneiō | proporeuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuoveiō | proporeuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeuoleiō | proporeuoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proporeuemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | proporeueseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeueteia |
| we 1st person plural | proporeueneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeueveia |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeueleia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuosōr | proporeuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeuotōr | proporeuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuovōr | proporeuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeuolōr | proporeuolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeuetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuevar |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeuelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proporeuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | proporeuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeuoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proporeuemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | proporeuesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proporeuetoia |
| we 1st person plural | proporeuenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | proporeuevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | proporeueloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | proporeuorō | proporeuorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | proporeueri | proporeuera |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | proporeuorōntos | proporeuorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | proporeuerintos | proporeuerantos |
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
proporeu 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
proporeuesi“go”will happen · youfuture middle indicative 2nd person singular1×
Luke 1:76… sis de, paidiem, profētos Hupsistou kalisi, proporeuesi gar enōpion kuriou hetoimazara hodain autou,… the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare …
proporeueli“go before”will happen · theyfuture middle indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 7:40… to Aarōn; Poiasar ni theoin hois proporeueli nu; tos gar Mōusos houtos, hos …… Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who …