Quick Definition
I precede, pass on before
Strong's Definition
to precede (as guide or herald)
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G4198 (πορεύομαι);
KJV Usage: go before
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προπορεύω: 1 future middle προπορεύσομαί; to send before, to make to precede (Aelian nat. an. 10, 22 (vat.)); middle to go before, to precede (see πρό, d. ἆ.): τίνος (on which genitive see Winers Grammar, § 52, 2 c.), to go before one, of a leader, Act_7:40; πρό προσώπου τίνος (after the IIebr., Exo_32:34; Deu_3:18; Deu_9:3), of a messenger or a herald, Luk_1:76; (of the van of an army, 1Ma_9:11; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 23; Polybius). (Cf. ἔρχομαι, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προπορεύομαι proporeuomai 2x
to precede, go before, Act_7:40 ; Luk_1:76
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ -πορεύω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1980 , also for H5674 , etc.;]
to make to go before. Pass . and mid ., to go before: Luk_1:76 , Act_7:40 ( LXX ),†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προπορεύομαι [page 544]
go before, very common in the LXX, but in the NT confined to Luke ( Luk_1:76 , Act_7:40 LXX), occurs ter in the temple account P Oxy VIII. 1144 (i/ii A.D.), e.g. .9 παστοφόρο [ι ]ς προπορευομ [ένοις ] (δραχμαὶ ) η̄ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
προπορεύομαι Pass., with aor1 mid., "to go before or forward", Xen. "to come forward", Polyb. "to be promoted, advance", id=Polyb.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-πορεύω
[in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ, also for עָבַר, etc. ;]
to make to go before. Pass. and mid., to go before: Luk.1:76, Act.7:40" (LXX) ,†
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