Word Summary
prolegō: to say beforehand, to predict
Original Word: προλέγωTransliteration: prolegō
Phonetic Spelling: (prol-eg'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to say beforehand, to predict
Meaning: to say beforehand, to predict
Strong's Concordance
foretell, tell before.
From pro and lego; to say beforehand, i.e. Predict, forewarn -- foretell, tell before.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK lego
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4302: προλέγωπρολέγω; imperfect
προελεγον;
to say beforehand, to predict, (so from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down):
2 Corinthians 13:2;
Galatians 5:21;
1 Thessalonians 3:4; (some (see
R. V. marginal reading) would give
προ( the sense of
plainly in all these examples; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word II. 2, and see
πρό, d.
ἆ. at the end).