verb
protrechamō
Strong’sG4390
I outrun
stem protrech-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-τρέχω,
[in LXX: I Ki 8:11 (לִפְנֵי רוּץ), Jb 41:13 (14) A (דּוּץ), To 11:3 (seq. ἔμπροσθεν), I Mac 16:21*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4390 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist προὔδρᾰμον Refs 5th c.BC+:—run forward or forth, [prev. cited]; ἀπὸ τοῦ δένδρου δύο βήματα Refs 5th c.BC+
II run in advance of, outrun, στάδια πέντε τῶν ὁπλιτῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
III ἡ προτρέχουσα εἰκασία the {προτρέφω} simile, Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| protrechataπροέδραμεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | outran | 1× |
| protrecharantosπροδραμὼν | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | having run ahead | 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 | protrechamō | protrechame | protrechami | protrechama | protrechamē | protrechamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | protrechasō | protrechase | protrechasi | protrechasa | protrechasē | protrechaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | protrechatō | protrechate | protrechati | protrechata1×προέδραμεν | protrechatē | protrechatelē |
| we 1st person plural | protrechanō | protrechane | protrechani | protrechana | protrechanē | protrechanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | protrechavō | protrechave | protrechavi | protrechava | protrechavē | protrechavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | protrechalō | protrechale | protrechali | protrechala | protrechalē | protrechalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | protrechameiō | protrechameia | protrechameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | protrechaseiō | protrechaseia | protrechaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | protrechateiō | protrechateia | protrechateiē |
| we 1st person plural | protrechaneiō | protrechaneia | protrechaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | protrechaveiō | protrechaveia | protrechaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | protrechaleiō | protrechaleia | protrechaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | protrechasōr | protrechasar | protrechasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | protrechatōr | protrechatar | protrechatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | protrechavōr | protrechavar | protrechavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | protrechalōr | protrechalar | protrechalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | protrechamoiō | protrechamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | protrechasoiō | protrechasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | protrechatoiō | protrechatoia |
| we 1st person plural | protrechanoiō | protrechanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | protrechavoiō | protrechavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | protrechaloiō | protrechaloia |
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 | protrecharō | protrechari | protrechara | protrecharē |
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 | protrecharōntos | protrecharintos | protrecharantos1×προδραμὼν | protrecharēntos |
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
protrech 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
protrechata“outran”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 20:4… duo homou; kai tos allosos mathētos protrechata tachiem tou Petrou kai erchata prōtos …… running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
protrecharantos“having run ahead”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Luke 19:4“having run ahead”kai protrecharantos eis tem emprosthen anabainata epi sukomorean …So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him …