προκοπή, προκοπης, ἡ (προκόπτω, which see), progress, advancement: Php_1:12; Php_1:25; 1Ti_4:15. (Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Philo, others; rejected by the Atticists, cf. Phrynich. edition Lob., p. 85; (Sir_2:17; 2Ma_8:8).)

προκοπή pr okopē 3x advance upon a way; met. progress, advancement, furtherance, Php_1:12 ; Php_1:25 ; 1Ti_4:15

**† προ -κοπή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < προκόπτω ), [in LXX : Sir_51:17 , 2Ma_8:8 * ;] progress ( prop ., on a journey, then generally): Php_1:12 ; Php_1:25 , 1Ti_4:15 (condemned by Atticists, v. Rutherford, NPhr. , 158).†

προκοπή [page 542] προκοπή , unlike its verb (προκόπτω ), is not found in classical Greek (cf. Rutherford NP , p. 158), but is a term. techn. in Stoic philosophy for progress towards wisdom (cf. Zeller Stoics , p. 294). It occurs ter in the NT ( Php_1:12 ; Php_1:25 , 1Ti_4:15 : cf. Sir_51:17 , 2Ma_8:8 ), and its colloquial use may be illustrated from P Ryl II. 233 .16 (ii/A.D.) εὔχομαί σε τὸν κύριον ἰδεῖν ἐν μείζοσι προκοπαῖς , ἐν ἁδραῖς εὐημερίαις , I pray, my lord, that I may see your further advancement and ripe prosperity (Edd.), P Giss I. 27 .7 (ii/A.D.) (= Chrest. I. p. 29 ) εὐαγγελίζοντι τὰ τῆς νείκης αὐτοῦ καὶ προκοπῆς (report of a victory over the Jews), P Tebt II. 276 .39 (ii/iii A.D.) the fragment Of an astrological work according to which, if the conjunction of certain planets takes place at the morning rising of Venus, ἀπὸ νε [ότ ]η̣τ̣ο̣ς̣ τὰς προκοπὰς ἀποτελοῦσιν , they cause prosperity from youth upwards (Edd.), and P Oxy XIV. 1631 .20 (A.D. 280) κατὰ προκοπὴν τῶν ἔργων , according to the progress of the works (Edd.).

προκοπή προκοπή, ἡ, "progress on a journey", generally, "progress, advance", Polyb. ; in pl., Plut. , Luc. [Etym: from προκόπτω]

προ-κοπή, -ῆς, ἡ (προκόπτω), [in LXX: Sir.51:17, 2Ma.8:8 * ;] progress (prop., on a journey, then generally): Php.1:12, 25, 1Ti.4:15 (condemned by Atticists, see Rutherford, NPhr., 158).† (AS)