Lexicon progonos: born before Original Word: πρόγονος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: progonos Phonetic Spelling: (prog'-on-os) Short Definition: an ancestor Definition: an ancestor. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom proginomaiDefinitionborn before NASB Translationforefathers (1), parents (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4269: πρόγονοςπρόγονος, προγονου, ὁ ( προγίνομαι), born before, older: Homer, Odyssey 9, 221; plural ancestors, Latin majores (often so by Greek writings from Pindar down): ἀπό προγόνων, in the spirit and after the manner received from (my) forefathers (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa., p. 59a bottom), 2 Timothy 1:3; used of a mother, grandparents, and (if such survive) great-grandparents, 1 Timothy 5:4 ( A. V. parents) (of surviving ancestors also in Plato, legg. 11, p. 932 at the beginning).
Strong's forefather, parent. From proginomai; an ancestor, (grand-)parent -- forefather, parent. see GREEK proginomai |
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