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πρότερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρότερος

Structure: προτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pro/teros and prw=tos comp. and Sup. formed from pro/

Sense

  1. (of place) before, in front
  2. (of time) former, earlier
  3. (of rank, worth, and generally of precedence) superior

Examples

  • καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ὅρια Αἰγύπτου πολλὴ σφόδρα. προτέρα αὐτῆσ οὐ γέγονε τοιαύτη ἀκρὶσ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἔσται οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:14)
  • Καὶ ἐξῇραν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρουσ Κυρίου ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν, καὶ ἡ κιβωτὸσ τῆσ διαθήκησ Κυρίου προεπορεύετο προτέρα αὐτῶν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν κατασκέψασθαι αὐτοῖσ ἀνάπαυσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 10:33)
  • ἐὰν δὲ μὴ διαβῶσιν ἐνωπλισμένοι μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ διαβιβάσετε τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν πρότερα ὑμῶν εἰσ γῆν Χαναάν, καὶ συγκατακληρονομηθήσονται ἐν ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ Χαναάν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:30)
  • σὺ γὰρ ἐποίησασ τὰ πρότερα ἐκείνων καὶ ἐκεῖνα καὶ τὰ μετέπειτα καὶ τὰ νῦν καὶ τὰ ἐπερχόμενα διενοήθησ, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν ἃ ἐνενοήθησ, (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 9:5)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἐνστῇ πόλεμοσ ἐν Ρώμῃ προτέρᾳ ἢ πᾶσι τοῖσ συμμάχοισ αὐτῶν ἐν πάσῃ κυρείᾳ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:24)

Synonyms

  1. before

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