UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: It would be possible to classify meanings such as before and former as a matter of sequence (Domain 61), but the meanings in this series do not point to the first item in a sequence but simply to a point of time prior to some other point.

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: πρότερος; -α, -ον

Related lemmas: πρό

Sense 1: before, former, formerly

Semantic entry: 67.18

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: pertaining to a point of time earlier in a sequence{N:001}

Show passage in OET: JHN 6:62

OET-RV JHN 6:62

62 What if you were to see the son of humanity ascending to where he came from?

OET-LV JHN 6:62

62 Therefore if you _all _may _be _observing the son of_ the _Man, going _up where he _was the earlier?

Show passage in OET: JHN 7:50

OET-RV JHN 7:50

50 Now Nikodemos (the one who had previously visited Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus)) spoke up,

OET-LV JHN 7:50

50 Nikodaʸmos the one having _come to him earlier, being one of them Is _saying, to them,

Jump to OET JHN 6:62 section.

Jump to OET JHN 7:50 section.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: OET JHN 6:62 · OET JHN 7:50 · OET JHN 9:8

CO2: OET CO2 1:15

EPH: OET EPH 4:22

TI1: OET TI1 1:13

HEB: OET HEB 4:6 · OET HEB 10:32

PE1: OET PE1 1:14

Sense 2: the first time

Semantic entry: 60.47

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: First, Second, Third, Etc. [Ordinals]

Definition: first, with the implication of emphasis, frequently in reference to time

Notes: It is also possible to understand πρότερος in OET GAL 4:13 as meaning ‘earlier, formerly’ (see 67.18: πρότερος / 67.18: πρῶτος).

Show passage in OET: CO2 1:15

OET-RV CO2 1:15

15 Because of my confidence in that, I had wanted to visit you all so that you’d have a second taste of grace,

OET-LV CO2 1:15

15 And with _this the confidence I _was _wishing previously, to you _all to _come, in _order _that a_second grace you _all _may _have,

Show passage in OET: GAL 4:13

OET-RV GAL 4:13

13 but you know that it was a result of my fleshly weakness that I originally preached the good message to you.

OET-LV GAL 4:13

13 but you _all _have _known that because _of weakness of _the flesh, I _good _message _preached to _you _all the earlier.

Jump to OET CO2 1:15 section.

Jump to OET GAL 4:13 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: OET CO2 1:15

GAL: OET GAL 4:13

HEB: OET HEB 7:27

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πρότερος

Form 1

Sense 1: before, former, formerly

Sense 2: the first time