UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: It is possible to analyze προβαίνω and προέρχομαι[a] as involving a reference point in space, in that the person’s initial position could constitute such a point. But it is equally possible to interpret the movement as being primarily related to the direction in which a person has already been moving.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: προέρχομαι; fut.; προελεύσομαι; προέρχομαι; aor.; προῆλθον; προέρχομαι; ptc.; προελθών

Related lemmas: ἔρχομαι

Sense 1: to move on, to go on, to go ahead

Semantic entry: 15.16

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to continue to move forward{N:001}

MAT 26:39: RV MAT 26:39 · LV MAT 26:39 · Read together MAT 26:39

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39 He went on a little further, and knelt with his face to the ground, saying, “My father, if it’s possible, let me avoid this suffering. However, it’s not what I want because I want to do what you want.”

OET-LV MAT 26:39

39 And having _approached a_little, he _fell on the_face of _him, praying and saying:
father of _me, if it _is possible, let_ the this cup _pass _by from me.
However not as I am _wanting, but as you.

MRK 14:35: RV MRK 14:35 · LV MRK 14:35 · Read together MRK 14:35

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35 He went ahead a little way, where he knelt on the ground with his head down and prayed—asking if it was possible to avoid what was ahead of him.

OET-LV MRK 14:35

35 And having _gone _ahead a_little, he _was _falling on the ground and he _was _praying that if it _is possible, the hour may _pass _by from him.

Sense 2: to pass along, to go along

Semantic entry: 15.27

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Pass, Cross Over, Go Through, Go Around

Definition: to move continuously along a particular path or route

Notes: It is also possible to interpret ῥύμην μίαν in RV ACT 12:10 · LV ACT 12:10 · Read together ACT 12:10 as referring to a particular section or block in a street; therefore, one may translate ‘they went one street further.’

ACT 12:10: RV ACT 12:10 · LV ACT 12:10 · Read together ACT 12:10

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OET-RV ACT 12:10

10 They went past the first guard and then the second, and then came to the iron gate which led out of the prison into the city. The gate opened by itself and they went out onto the street, then at the end of the street the messenger suddenly left him.

OET-LV ACT 12:10

10 And having _passed _through the_first guard and the_second, they _came to the the iron gate, which leading into the city, which automatic was _opened _up to _them, and having _come _out they _went _ahead on_ one _street, and immediately the messenger withdrew from him.

Sense 3: to come/go prior to, to come/go beforehand, to precede

Semantic entry: 15.141

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Come/Go Prior To

Definition: to come/go prior to some other event, normally one involving a similar type of movement

Notes: Though the movement referred to by φθάνω[b] and προέρχομαι[c] may involve movement which is spacially ahead of someone else, nevertheless the focus of meaning is not a spacial relationship but a temporal one.

MRK 6:33: RV MRK 6:33 · LV MRK 6:33 · Read together MRK 6:33

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