King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4301
Transliteration: prolambanō
Phonetic Spelling: (prol-am-ban'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take beforehand
Meaning: to take beforehand
προλαμβάνω; 2 aorist προελαβον; 1 aorist passive subjunctive 3 person singular προληφθῇ (προλημφθῇ L T Tr WH; see under the word Mu); from Herodotus down;
Word Summary
prolambanō: to take beforehand
Original Word: προλαμβάνωTransliteration: prolambanō
Phonetic Spelling: (prol-am-ban'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take beforehand
Meaning: to take beforehand
Strong's Concordance
take beforehand, overtake. From pro and lambano; to take in advance, i.e. (literally) eat before others have an opportunity; (figuratively) to anticipate, surprise -- come aforehand, overtake, take before.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK lambano
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4301: προλαμβάνωπρολαμβάνω; 2 aorist προελαβον; 1 aorist passive subjunctive 3 person singular προληφθῇ (προλημφθῇ L T Tr WH; see under the word Mu); from Herodotus down;
1. to take before: τί, 1 Corinthians 11:21.
2. to anticipate, to forestall: προέλαβε μυρίσαι, she has anticipated the anointing (hath anointed beforehand), Mark 14:8; cf. Meyer at the passage; Winer's Grammar, § 54, 4.
3. to take one by forestalling (him i. e. before he can flee or conceal his crime), i. e. surprise, detect (Wis. 17:16): τινα ἐν παραπτώματι, passive, Galatians 6:1; cf. Winer, Epistle to the Galatians, the passage cited