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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77733" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77733" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Πρόγονος''''' ''' (Strong'S #4269 — Adjective — progonos — prog'-on-os ) </div> <p> an adjective, primarily denoting "born before" (pro, "before," and ginomai, "to become"), is used as a noun in the plural, 2—Timothy 1:3 , "forefathers" (in 1—Timothy 5:4 , "parents"). See Parents. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Πρό''''' ''' (Strong'S #4253 | 3962 — Preposition — propator — pro ) </div> <p> "a forefather" (pro, "before," pater, "a father"), is used of [[Abraham]] in Romans 4:1 . </p> | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3758" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3758" /> == | ||
<p> '''''fōr´fa''''' -'''''thẽr''''' : </p> <p> (1) אב ראשׂן , <i> ''''''ābh rı̄'shōn''''' </i> , "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" ( Jeremiah 11:10 ). </p> πρόγονος <i> '''''prógonos''''' </i> 2 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 5:4 | <p> ''''' fōr´fa ''''' - ''''' thẽr ''''' : </p> <p> (1) אב ראשׂן , <i> ''''' 'ābh rı̄'shōn ''''' </i> , "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" ( Jeremiah 11:10 ). </p> πρόγονος <i> ''''' prógonos ''''' </i> 2 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 5:4 | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:50, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Πρόγονος (Strong'S #4269 — Adjective — progonos — prog'-on-os )
an adjective, primarily denoting "born before" (pro, "before," and ginomai, "to become"), is used as a noun in the plural, 2—Timothy 1:3 , "forefathers" (in 1—Timothy 5:4 , "parents"). See Parents.
2: Πρό (Strong'S #4253 | 3962 — Preposition — propator — pro )
"a forefather" (pro, "before," pater, "a father"), is used of Abraham in Romans 4:1 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
fōr´fa - thẽr :
(1) אב ראשׂן , 'ābh rı̄'shōn , "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" ( Jeremiah 11:10 ).
πρόγονος prógonos 2 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 5:4
