G4260: προβαίνω (probaínō)

G4260 προβαίνω (probaínō)

Greek

Quick Definition

προβαίνω v. I go forward

Strong's Definition

from 4253 and the base of 939; to walk forward, i.e. advance (literally, or in years)

KJV Usage: + be of a great age, go farther (on), be well stricken

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

προβαίνω (G4260)

verb | aor.ptc. προβάς · pf. προβέβηκα | βαίνω (go, walk)

15.16 · Linear Movement · Move, Come/Go

to move on, to go on, to go ahead to continue to move forward

MAT 4:21 · MRK 1:19

67.99 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Collocation: προβαίνω ἐν ἡμέραις

to be old (an idiom, literally: to advance in days) to be quite advanced in age

LUK 1:7 · LUK 1:18 · LUK 2:36

¹ It is possible to analyze προβαίνω and προέρχομαι[a] as involving a reference point in space, in that the person’s initial position could constitute such a point. But it is equally possible to interpret the movement as being primarily related to the direction in which a person has already been moving.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προ-βαίνω : pf. ptcep. προβεβηκώς ; 2 aor. ptep. mpoBas ; fr. Hom. down; to go forwards, go on, (cf. πρό, d. α.}: prop. on foot, Mt. iv. 21; Mk.i.19; trop. ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις προβεβηκώς, advanced in age, Lk. i. 7, 18; ii. 36, (see ἡμέρα, fin. ; τὴν ἡλικίαν, 2 Mace. iv. 40; vi. 18; Hdian. 2, 7, 7 [5 ed. Bekk.]; τῇ ἡλικίᾳ, Lys. p. 169, 37; [Diod. 12, 18]; ταῖς ἡλικίαις, Diod. 13, 89; [οἵ. L.andS.s. v. ΤΠ

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προβαίνω probainō 5x

to go forward, advance, Mt. 4:21; Mk. 1:19; to advance in life, Lk. 1:7, 18; 2:36*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

προ-βαίνω,

[in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא;]

to go forwards, go on, advance: Mt 4:21, Mk 1:19. Metaph., of age (Ge 18:11, al., Lys., Diod., al.), ἐν τ. ἡμέραις, Lk 1:7, 18 2:36.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προβαίνω, “ἐροὸ forward,” advance,” as in Mk 119, is seen in BGU IV. 12091° (B.C. 23) ἐπεὶ οὖν σὺν θεοῖς οὐδὲν μὲν προβέβη(κεν), PSI I. σοῦ" (iv/v A.D.) καὶ προβῇ τὸ ἔργον τῆς μικρᾶς ξενίας τῆς περὶ τὴν ληνόν. For the metaph. use of ‘“‘advance” in years, cf. P Par 15° (B.C. 120) ἔτι δὲ καὶ προβεβηκότος ἤδη τοῖς ἔτεσι, and similarly P Tor I. 1% 39 (p.c. 116): cf. Lk 1718, 236 where however ἐν is added before the datives. )

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

προβαίνω (probainō) — to advance. προβαίνω, future -βήσομαι: perfect -βέβηκα: aorist 2 προὔβην, imperative πρόβᾱ, [Refs 5th c.BC+], plural πρόβᾱτε [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect and present participle προβιβάς (as if from βίβημἰ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative προβιβάσθων [Refs 5th c.AD+]; participle προβάοντε, read by [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— step forward, advance, κραιπνά, κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν δ᾽ ὦκα προβιβάντα (-βιβῶντα codices) πόδες φέρον [Refs]; ὑπασπίδια προβιβάντι (-βιβῶντι codices) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέγα π. take a big stride forward, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b of hair, grow, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

2. as a mark of Time, ἄστρα προβέβηκε they are far gone in heaven, i.e. it is past midnight. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ νὺξ π. the night is wearing fast, [Refs 5th c.BC+] as time went on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τὰ μὲν προβέβηκεν the past, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; προβαίνοντος τοῦ ἔργου, τοῦ πολέμου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ προβεβηκότος, e re nata, on the spur of the moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, οἱ προβεβηκότες τῇ ἡλικίᾳ advanced in age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῶν ἡμερῶν, ταῖς ἡμέραις, [LXX+5th c.BC+]

3. metaphorically of narrative, argument, action, events, μὴ πέρα προβῇς λόγου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προβάς φησιν.. further on, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐκ τῶν κνημέων ἐς τοὺς μηρούς went on.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προέβαινε τὸ ἔθνος ἄρχον καὶ ἐπιτροπεῦον the nation was organized in a series of overlordships and mandates, [Refs 5th c.BC+] it has gone so far that..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πόρρω μοχθηρίας to be far gone in knavery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, make progress, τοσοῦτον προβεβήκαμεν ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an enterprise, prosper, succeed, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. go before, i.e. be superior to, another, πολὺ προβέβηκας ἁπάντων σῷ θάρσει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δυνάμει τε καὶ αἰδοῖ Τρηχῖνος προβέβηκε by might and awe he is over, i.e. rules, Trachis, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III. with accusative of things, overstep, τέρμα προβάς [Refs]

IV. with accusative of the instrum. of motion, πόδα π. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; προβεβήκασι τὰ ἀριστερά have their left legs foremost (variant{προβεβλήκασι}, see at {προβάλλω} [Refs 8th c.BC+]

V. Causal, in future active, move forward, advance, τίς τρόπος ἄνδρα προβάσει [ᾱ]; [Refs 5th c.BC+]