UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πρόδρομος

MainId: 004174000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4274

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004174001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: πρόδρομος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ον
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τρέχω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004174001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 36.9
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Guide, Discipline, Follow
  LEXSubDomains: Guide, Lead
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-12-16 14:06:37
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of πρόδρομος ‘one who runs on ahead,’ not occurring in the NT) one who undergoes an experience in advance of others
    Glosses: forerunner
    Comments: In rendering πρόδρομος in {S:05800602000004} it is important to avoid an expression which would suggest that Jesus simply ‘ran on ahead.’ The implication of πρόδρομος in this type of context is that of a precursor, that is to say, one who goes on ahead in order to show the way or to pioneer on behalf of someone else. {S:05800602000004} may therefore be rendered as ‘Jesus went on ahead of us in there for our benefit.’
  LEXReferences: HEB 6:20