Quick Definition
προηγέομαι v. I lead onward by example
Strong's Definition
from 4253 and 2233; to lead the way for others, i.e. show deference
KJV Usage: prefer
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἄγω
68.70 · Aspect · Do Intensely or Extensively
to do with eagerness to do something with eagerness For another interpretation of προηγέομαι in ROM 12:10, see 78.35.
78.35 · Degree · More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]
to excel, to do exceedingly to exhibit a type of behavior far above the norm In ROM 12:10 προηγέομαι serves primarily to indicate the degree of showing honor. One could therefore translate this expression as ‘honor one another to an exceptional degree.’ For another interpretation of προηγέομαι in ROM 12:10, see 68.70.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-ηγέομαι, -odpar; to go hefore and show the way, to go before and lead, to go before as leader, (Hat. 2, 48; often in Xen.; besides in Arstph., Polyb., Plut., Sept., al.): τῇ τιμῇ ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι, one going before another as an example of deference [ A. V. in honor preferring one another (on the dat. cf. W. § 31, 6 a.)], Ro. xii. 10. The Grk. writ. connect this verb now with the dat. (Arstph. Plut. 1195; Polyb. 6, 53, 8; ete.), now with the gen. (Diod. 1, 87); see προέρχομαι. 2 ἃ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προηγέομαι proēgeomai 1x
to go before, precede, lead onward; met. to endeavor to take the lead of, vie with, or, to give precedence to, to prefer, Rom. 12:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ-ηγέομαι,
[in LXX: De 20:9 (בְּרוֹשׁ), Pr 17:14 (לִפְנֵי), II Mac 4:40, al.;]
to go before as leader (in cl., c. gen., dat.): Ro 12:10 (Chrys., Vg., al.; v. ICC, in l.).
In a sense not elsewhere found, ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι = ἀ. ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας: Ro 12:10 (ICC, cf. I Th 5:13, Phl 2:3 and EV "preferring").†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προηγέομαι, συν, ἃ lead. tole: οἷ: ΒΟ ΤΌΝ ΤΙΟ531 (8:0: 8) προήγεί -- ημαι τὴν [τοὐ]των)] ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι. In P Lips I. 635 (A.D. 388) παρὰ τοῦ προηγησαμένου Εἰὐσεβίου--the reference is to the immediately preceding fraeses (see Wilcken Archiv iv. Ὁ. 226f.). Cf. Syl 737 (= %1109)*? (A.D. 178) ψήφῳ οἱ ἰόβακχοι κρεινέτωσαν προηγουμένου τοῦ ἱερέως. For the otherwise unknown use of the verb in Rom 1210 in the sense of ‘‘ account others better than or superior to oneself,’’ a partial parallel may be found in the use of the simplex in Chrest. I. 1164 (ii/iii A.D.) ἡγοῦ μάλιστα τοὺς πατρῴους kal σέ β]ου Ἶσιν Σαρᾶπιν το[ὺς με]γίστους τῶν [θεῶν : cf. τ Thess 513. The adv. προηγουμένως, ‘‘first of all,’’ ‘‘above all,” may be illustrated from such passages as P Oxy XIV. 17704 (late iii/A.D.) mponyou[pévws εὔχομ εἰ --- ar) ὑμᾶς ὑγιαίνειν, 70. 1774" (early iv/A.D.) προηγουμένως ἀναγκεί = αἴ)ον ἣν προσαγορεύειν σαι(1. oe): cf. also Vett. Val. p. 2641° προηγουμένως δὲ συνορᾶν χρὴ TO ὡροσκοπικὸν κέντρον. The part. προηγούμενα used as an adj. meaning “‘ principal ’”’ is common in Epictetus, e.g. i, 20. 1 πᾶσα τέχνη Kal δύναμις mponyouμένων τινῶν ἐστὶ θεωρητική, “‘every art and faculty has certain principal things of which it is to take cognizance ”’ (Matheson).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προηγέομαι (proēgeomai) — to prefer. προηγ-έομαι, go first and lead the way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι for a person, i.e. guide him, τῷ θεῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν [ὁδόν] [Refs]; of troops, form the van, [Refs]; π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν] to have all in front, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b precede logically, τινος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. with genitive, take the lead of, τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους.. προηγεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the planets in retrograde motion, get ahead of, ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων [NT+1st c.BC+]infinitive, προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι have taken the initiative in.., [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται goes before, precedes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. present participle προηγούμενος, η, ον, going first, τὸ π. στράτευμα the van, opposed to οὐρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; preceding, {προηγεμών}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. b in Mathematics texts, τὰ π. forward points, i.e. those lying on the same side of the radius vector of a spiral as the direction of its motion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. c Astron., τὰ π. ζῴδια signs leading in the daily movement of the heavens, i.e. westerly signs, opposed to ἑπόμενα, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. d τὰ π. initial data, premisses, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. οὐσία τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ given, i.e. external to the soul, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ π. originals of paintings, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. e leading, principal, κατὰ π. λόγον according to a guiding principle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ π. λόγος, τὸ π. ἔργον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σύν τινι προηγουμένῳ in conjunction with a purpose, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so in in Mathematics texts, π. θεώρημα leading theorem, opposed to ἀντίστροφον, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
4. f in Medicine texts, π. αἴτιον predisposing cause, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. αἰτίαι antecedent causes, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
5. aorist participle, ὁ -ησάμενος the former ἡγεμών, [Refs 4th c.AD+]