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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 ἀποστελῶ τὰσ σφηκίασ προτέρασ σου, καὶ ἐκβαλεῖσ τοὺσ Ἀμορραίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Εὐαίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Χαναναίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Χετταίουσ ἀπό σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:28)
  • καί μνησθήσομαι διαθήκησ αὐτῶν τῆσ προτέρασ, ὅτε ἐξήγαγον αὐτοὺσ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου, ἐξ οἴκου δουλείασ ἔναντι τῶν ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναι αὐτῶν Θεόσ. ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:45)
  • ἐπερωτήσατε ἡμέρασ προτέρασ τὰσ γενομένασ προτέρασ σου ἀπὸ τῆσ ἡμέρασ, ἧσ ἔκτισεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἕωσ τοῦ ἄκρου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, εἰ γέγονε κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, εἰ ἤκουσται τοιοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:32)
  • καί μοι λαβὲ τῆσ προτέρασ διαίτησ τὴν μαρτυρίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 5:5)

Synonyms

  1. before

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