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Koine Greek wordlink #129575

SR GNT Eph 4:22 προτέραν (proteran) ‘you_all according_to your earlier conduct the old’ Strongs=43870 Lemma=proteros
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form προτέραν (A-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘προτέραν’ (A-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘earlier’.

Greek words (8) other than προτέραν (A-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘earlier’

YHN 6:62 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘going_uphill where he was earlier’ SR GNT Yhn 6:62 word 16

OET-LV: 62 Therefore if you _all _may _be _observing the son of_ the _Man, going _up where he _was the earlier? (JHN_6:62)

OET-RV: 62 What if you were to see humanity’s child ascending to where he came from? (JHN 6:62)

YHN 7:50 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘having come to him earlier one being of’ SR GNT Yhn 7:50 word 13

OET-LV: 50 Nikodaʸmos the one having _come to him earlier, being one of them Is _saying, to them, (JHN_7:50)

OET-RV: 50 Now Nicodemus (the one who had previously visited Yeshua) spoke up, (JHN 7:50)

YHN 9:8 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘the ones observing him earlier that a beggar he was’ SR GNT Yhn 9:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 Therefore the neighbours and the ones observing him the earlier, that he _was a_beggar, were _saying: Is this not the one sitting and begging? (JHN_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then the neighbours of the man and others who had seen him earlier, knowing that he was a beggar asked, “Isn’t he the one who always sat and begged here?” (JHN 9:8)

GAL 4:13 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘flesh I good_message_preached to you_all earlier’ SR GNT Gal 4:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 but you _all _have _known that because _of weakness of _the flesh, I _good _message _preached to _you _all the earlier. (GAL_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 but you know that it was a result of my fleshly weakness that I originally preached the good message to you. (GAL 4:13)

1 TIM 1:13 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘earlier being a slanderous and’ SR GNT 1 Tim 1:13 word 3

OET-LV: 13 the earlier being a_slanderous, and a_persecutor, and an_abuser, but I _was _shown _mercy, because not _knowing, I _did it in unbelief. (TI1_1:13)

OET-RV: 13 even though I used to be a slanderer and persecutor and abuser, but I was shown mercy because I did it in unbelief due to my ignorance. (TI1 1:13)

HEB 10:8 Ἀνώτερον (Anōteron) D-··· Lemma=anōteron ‘earlier saying sacrifices and’ SR GNT Heb 10:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 Earlier saying, that Sacrifices, and offerings, and whole _burnt _offerings, and offerings for sin, neither you _wanted, nor you _took _pleasure (which according _to law are _being _offered), (HEB_10:8)

OET-RV: 8 Previously he had said, ‘You don’t want sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and offerings for sin, and you didn’t take pleasure in them,’ even though they’re offered according to the law. (HEB 10:8)

HEB 10:32 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘be_being reminded but of the earlier days in which’ SR GNT Heb 10:32 word 4

OET-LV: 32 But be _being _reminded of _the earlier days, in which having _been _enlightened a_great competition endured of _sufferings, (HEB_10:32)

OET-RV: 32 Remember those earlier days when you first learnt about Messiah and how you endured a lot of suffering— (HEB 10:32)

1 PET 1:14 πρότερον (proteron) S-ANS ‘not conforming to the earlier in the ignorance’ SR GNT 1 Pet 1:14 word 7

OET-LV: 14 As children of _obedience, not conforming to _the earlier desires in the ignorance of _you _all, (PE1_1:14)

OET-RV: 14 As people who want to obey, don’t conform to your earlier desires that came from your ignorance, (PE1 1:14)

Key: A=adjective D=adverb S=substantive adjective AFS=accusative,feminine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular