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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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προφθάνω

Strong’s: G4399

Associated OET lemmas: προφθάνω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: φθάνω

Sense 1: to be ahead of, to anticipate, to be in advance

Semantic entry: 67.29

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: to do something at a point of time which immediately precedes another point of time

Notes: It would also be possible to render this expression in OET MAT 17:25 as ‘Jesus spoke to Simon before Simon could speak to him.’