προ-άγω; impf. προῆγον ; fut. προάξω ; 2 aor. προήγαγον: fr. Hdt. down; 1. trans. to lead forward, lead forth: τινά, one from a place in which he has lain hidden from view,—as from prison, ἔξω, Acts xvi. 30; [from Jason’s house, Acts xvii.5 L T Tr WH]; _ in a forensic sense, to bring one forth to trial, Acts xii. 6 [WH txt. προσαγαγεῖν] ; with addition of ἐπί and the gen. of the pers. about to examine into the case, before whom the hearing is to be had, Acts xxv. 26 (els τὴν δίκην, Joseph. b. ἡ. 1, 27, 2; εἰς ἐκκλησίαν τοὺς ἐν αἰτίᾳ γενομένους, antt. 16, 11, 7). 2. intrans. (see ἄγω, 4 [and cf. πρό, ἃ. a.]), a. to go before: Lk. xviii. 39 [L mrg. παράγ.] : opp. to ἀκολουθέω, Mt. xxi. 9 RG; Mk. xi. 9; foll. by εἰς with an ace. of place, Mt. xiv. 22; Mk. vi. 45; εἰς κρίσιν, 1 Tim. ν. 24 (on which pass. see ἐπακολουθέω) ; ptep. προάγων, preceding i. 6. prior in point of time, previous, 1 Tim. i. 18 [see προφητεία fin., and 5. v. ἐπί, C. I. 2 g. y. yy: (but R. V. mrg. led the way to, ete.)]; Heb. vii. 18. τινά, to precede one, Mt. ii. 9; Mk. x. 32; and LT Tr WH in Mt. xxi. 9, [οἵ. Joseph. b. j.6, 1,6; B.§ 130, 4]; foll. by εἰς with an ace. of place, Mt. xxvi.32; xxviii. 7; Mk. xiv. 28; xvi. 7; τινὰ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, to take precedence of one in entering into the kingdom of God, Mt. xxi. 31 [οἵ. B. 204 (177)]. b. to proceed, go forward: in a bad sense, to go further than is right or proper, i.g. μὴ μένειν ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ, to transgress the limits of true doctrine [cf. our colloq. ‘ advanced’ (views, etc.) in a disparaging sense], 2Jn. 9 L T Tr WH [but R. V. mrg. taketh the lead].

προακούω proakouō 1x

to hear beforehand or already, Col. 1:5*

* προ-ακούω, to hear beforehand: Col 1:5 (v. Lft., in l.).†

προάγω. For the intrans. use “go before,” ‘‘ precede,” as ἴῃ Mk 6%, cf. Sy// 316 (= 3684)? (c. B.c. 139?) Τιμόθεον. . . ἐϊκέλευσα)] προάγειν els Ῥώμην, “1 bade Timothy go Ρ- 119) προάγω σον κύριε, and Babrius vii. 7. For the pass. see BGU IV. 1060*° (8.6. 14) ὅθεν καταπεπονημένοι προήγμεθα πρὸς ἀπειλαῖς, P Oxy 11. 283! (a.p. 45) διὸ προῆγμαι τὸ ὑπόμνημα ἐπιδοῦναι, “1 am impelled, therefore, to present this petition,’’ PSI IV. 299% (iii/a.D.) προήχθην γράψαι colt τ]ὰ συμβάντα μοι, “1 was impelled to write you what had happened to me,” and from the inserr. Sy// 325 (= °708)!* (before B.C. 100) τῇ] τε ἡλικίᾳ προκόπτων Kal Tpoaydpevos els Td θεοσεβεῖν ὡς ἔπρεπεν atta. The simple sense “preceding,” ‘‘ previous,” belonging to the part. in Heb 738, is shown in PSI V. 450% (ii/iii A.D.) τοῦ προάγοντος μηνός, P Hamb I. 1811: 18 (a.p, 222) τῆς προαγούσης βασιλείας, P Oxy VII. τογοῦ (iii/a.p.) ἡ προάγουσα παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ παρὰ πᾶσι θεοῖς εὐχή, ‘‘ the prayer which I previously made to all the gods” (Ed.), and 7774: iii. 247 τὰ προάγοντα ψαφίσματα. For the meaning “‘ preside” cf. P Tor I. 1viii- 21 (p.c. 116) προάγοντας τῆς Kwpaclas, and for a possible absolute sense “excel,” cf. P Oxy I. 423 (a.p. 323) (= Chrest. I. p. 182) τὸ ἔθος ὁμοῦ τε Kal ἡ πανήγυρις προάγουσα [σ]ημαίνει - , “tradition, no less than the distinguished character of the festival, requires . . .”’ (Edd.). See also OGZS 3235 (B.C. 159-138) συνέσει καὶ παιδείαι προάγιον. The subst. προαγωγή in the sense οἵ ‘‘advancement” occurs in a Delos decree of the time of Ptolemy Philometor published in A7chzv vi. p. gA‘—Ayhads . . τῆς μεγίστης τιμῆς Kal προαγωγῆς ἠξιωμένος παρὰ βασιλ[εῖ] Πτολεμαίωι : see the other exx. cited on p. 18f.

προακούω (proakouō) — to hear beforehand. προᾰκούω, hear beforehand, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προακηκοότες ὡς εἶχε how matters stood, [Refs]; of a horse, τοῖς ὠσὶ προακούοντα σημαίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]