Prolambanō προλαμβάνω

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Prolambanō
προλαμβάνω
Transliterationprolambanō
Strong's numberG4301
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto take beforehand
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMark (1)

Prolambanō (Greek προλαμβάνω, Strong's G4301) is a Greek verb meaning “to take beforehand”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

προ-λαμβάνω
[in LXX: Wis.17:11 א2, Wis.17:17 א2B * ;]
1. to take beforehand: with accusative, 1Co.11:21 (but see infr.).
2. to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative): with inf. (= cl. φθάνω, see Bl., § 69, 4; Swete, in l), Mrk.14:8.
3. to overtake, surprise: pass., Gal.6:1 (on the virtual disappearance of the temporal force of the preposi­tion in this compound here and perhaps also in 1Co, l.with, see MM, xxi).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVshe is come aforehand (1), before (1), overtaken (1)
BSBadvance (1), goes ahead without sharing (1), is caught (1)

Verses

Every verse with Prolambanō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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