πρόγονος, προγονου, ὁ (προγίνομαι), born before, older: Homer, Odyssey 9, 221; plural ancestors, Latinmajores (often so by Greek writings from Pindar down): ἀπό προγόνων, in the spirit and after the manner received from (my) forefathers (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa., p. 59a bottom), 2Ti_1:3; used of a mother, grandparents, and (if such survive) great-grandparents, 1Ti_5:4 (A. V. parents) (of surviving ancestors also in Plato, legg. 11, p. 932 at the beginning).

πρόγονος progonos 2x born earlier, elder; a progenitor, pl. progenitors; parents, 1Ti_5:4 ; forefathers, ancestors, 2Ti_1:3

** πρό -γονος , -ον ( < προγίνομαι ), [in LXX : Ezr_4:17 , Sir_8:4 , al. ;] 1. born before. 2. As subst ., in pl ., οἱ Papyri, ancestors, forefathers: 2Ti_1:3 ; of living parents (so Plat .), 1Ti_5:4 .†

πρόγονος [page 538] The phrase ἀπὸ προγόνων , from one s forefathers, as in 2Ti_1:3 , is common in the inscrr., e.g. OGIS 485 .3 (i/A.D.) ἄνδρα . . . ἀπὸ προγόνων εὐσχήμονα καὶ ἤθει καὶ ἀγωγῇ κόσμιον , ib. 529 .1 (A.D. 117 138) ἀπό τε τῶν [προ ]γόνων διασημότατον κα [ὶ ἀ ]πὸ τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ φιλοτειμιῶν λαμπρότατον : cf. P Tor I. 1 vii. 18 (B.C. 117 6) τῶν προγόνων προστάγματα περὶ τῶν κεκρατηκότων . Πρόγονοι is used of living parents, as in 1Ti_5:4 , in Plato Legg. xi. 931 E. In P Fay 48 i. 3 and ii. 3 the editors, following Wilcken, now understand πρόγο (νος ) = stepson see P Oxy IV. p. 263 and Archiv i. p. 552.

πρόγονος πρό-γονος, ὁ, "a forefather, ancestor", Hdt. , attic; οἱ ἄνωθεν πρ. Plat. ; ἐκ προγόνων, Lat. antiquitus, id=Plat. :— also of gods "who are the authors or founders of a" race; Ζεῦ πρόγονε Eur. ; θεοὶ πρόγονοι Plat. :—metaph., πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων troubles "parents" of troubles, Soph. "a child by a former marriage", i. e. "one's step-son", Lat. privignus, Eur. : fem. "a stepdaughter", Plut.

πρό-γονος, -ον (προγίνομαι), [in LXX: Est.4:17, Sir.8:4, al. ;] __1. born before. __2. As subst., in pl., οἱ π., ancestors, forefathers: 2Ti.1:3; of living parents (so Plat.), 1Ti.5:4.† (AS)