King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4399
Transliteration: prophthanō
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-than'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to anticipate
Meaning: to anticipate
προφθάνω: 1 aorist προέφθασα; to come before, to anticipate: αὐτόν προεφθασε λέγων, he spoke before him (R. V. spake first to him), or anticipated his remark, Matthew 17:25. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plutarch; the Sept..)
Word Summary
prophthanō: to anticipate
Original Word: προφθάνωTransliteration: prophthanō
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-than'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to anticipate
Meaning: to anticipate
Strong's Concordance
anticipate, prevent. From pro and phthano; to get an earlier start of, i.e. Anticipate -- prevent.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK phthano
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4399: προφθάνωπροφθάνω: 1 aorist προέφθασα; to come before, to anticipate: αὐτόν προεφθασε λέγων, he spoke before him (R. V. spake first to him), or anticipated his remark, Matthew 17:25. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plutarch; the Sept..)