Quick Definition
I happen previously
Strong's Definition
to be already, i.e. have previousy transpired
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G1096 (γίνομαι);
KJV Usage: be past
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προγίνομαι: perfect participle προγεγονώς; to become or arise before, happen before (so from Herodotus down (in Homer (Iliad 18, 525) to come forward into view)): προγεγονότα ἁμαρτήματα, sins previously committed, Rom_3:25.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προγίνομαι proginomai 1x
to be or happen before, be previously done or committed; προγεγονώς , bygone, previous, Rom_3:25
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* προ -γίνομαι ,
[in LXX : Wis_19:13 ΰ A, 2Ma_14:3 ; 2Ma_15:8 * ;]
to happen before: pf . pass . ptcp ., Rom_3:25 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προγίνομαι [page 538]
confined in the NT to Rom_3:25 , is seen in P Giss I. 50 .4 (A.D. 259) καψά [ρια πο ]λ̣ειτικὰ δύο προγ̣ε [γονότ ]α τῷ μετηλλαχότι [π ]ατρί [μον , two dressing-rooms in the town-baths which belonged formerly to my deceased father : cf. Syll 279 (= .3 601) .9 (B.C. 193) διὰ τὴν προγεγενημένην αὐτῶι δόξαν . In BGU III. 979 .1 (A.D. 160 1) αἱ πρ [ογ ]εγονυῖαι is unfortunately followed by an hiatus.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-γίνομαι
[in LXX: Wis.19:13 אA, 2Ma.14:3 2Mac 15:8 * ;]
to happen before: pf. pass. ptcp., Rom.3:25.†
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