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G4272 προδίδωμι (prodídōmi)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I give before, betray

Strong's Definition

to give before the other party has given

Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G1325 (δίδωμι);

KJV Usage: first give

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προδίδωμι: 1 aorist 3 person singular προέδωκεν; 1. to give before, give first: Rom_11:35 (Xenophon, Polybius, Aristotle). 2. to betray: Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, others; τήν πατρίδα, 4Ma_4:1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προδίδωμι prodidōmi 1x to give before, precede in giving; Rom_11:35

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

προ -δίδωμι , [in LXX : Eze_16:34 A ( H5414 ), 4Ma_4:1 , al. ;] 1. to give before, give first: Rom_11:35 ( Job_41:2 (11) LXX , al. ). 2. to betray (4Mac, l.c .).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προδίδωμι [page 539] in the NT only in Rom_11:35 , occurs in the same sense of give before, give first, in P Oxy VIII. 1102 .10 ( c. A.D. 146), with reference to a man s bequeathing part of his estate to his native city, ὑφαιρουμένης τῆς προικὸς τῆς προδεδομένης τῇ θυγ [ατρί , with a deduction of the dowry previously given to the daughter (Ed.) : cf. P Petr II. 4(8) .4 (B.C. 255 4) τὸ γὰρ προδοθὲν αὐτοῖς δόμ [α , OGIS 266 .61 (iii/B.C.) ο ]ὐδὲ προδώσω ὑπεναντίωι οὐθενὶ οὔτε αὐτοὺς οὔτε αὐτ [ῶν τι , and Syll 246 (= .3 547) .35 (after B.C. 211 0) προδιδοὺς ἀργύριον εἰς ἐσθῆτα , with the editor s note. For the meaning deliver up cf. P Thead 17 .16 (A.D. 332) where inhabitants of Theadelphia petition the Praefect τοὺς [ὁ ]μοκομήτας ἡμῖν προδοῦναι , to deliver up to us certain fellow-villagers who had fled, in order that they might escape taking their share in bearing the village burdens. In Vett. Val. pp. 78 .19 , 240 .15 , προδίδωμι = perdo . For the subst. πρόδομα of a payment in advance see P Flor I. 20 .28 (A.D. 127) (= Chrest. I. p. 422 ) τὰ ὑπὲρ τῆ <ς > ἀρούρης ἐκφόρια ἐκ προδόματος : cf. P Cairo Zen I. 59002 .4 (B.C. 260).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

προδίδωμι fut. -δώσω "to give beforehand, pay in advance", Xen. "to give up to the enemy, deliver up, betray", Lat. prodere, Hdt. :—c. inf., ὃν σὺ προὔδωκας θανεῖν Eur. :—Pass., Hdt. , Soph. "to forsake in distress, abandon", Hdt. , attic:—Pass., Hdt. absol. "to play false, desert", id=Hdt. , etc.; προδοῦσ᾽ ἁλίσκεται is convicted "of treachery", Soph. ; πρ. πρὸς τοὺς κατιόντας "to treat treasonably" with them, Hdt. with a thing as subject, "to betray or fail" one, Xen. :—intr. "to fail", Lat. deficere, of a river that has run dry, Hdt. ; of a tottering wall, id=Hdt. with a thing as object, "to betray, give up", Eur. ; χάριν πρ. to be thankless, id=Eur. :—hence, "to give up as lost, bid adieu to", ἡδονάς Soph. ; τὰς ἐλπίδας Ar.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

προ-δίδωμι [in LXX: Eze.16:34 A (נָתַן), 4Ma.4:1, al. ;] __1. to give before, give first: Rom.11:35 (Job.41:2 (11) LXX, al.). __2. to betray (4Mac, l.with).† (AS)

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