Quick Definition
formerly, before
Strong's Definition
previously
Derivation: neuter of G4387 (πρότερος) as adverb (with or without the article);
KJV Usage: before, (at the) first, former
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
- Original: πρότερον
- Transliteration: Proteron
- Phonetic: prot'-er-on
- Definition:
1. before, prior
a. of time, former
- Origin: neuter of G4387 as adverb (with or without the art.)
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Adjective
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G4386, G4387
πρότερος proteros 11x
former, prior, Eph_4:22 ;
before, formerly, Joh_6:62 earlier; former.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Neuter of G4387 as adverb
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
before; (adv.) before, formerly, an earlier time
former, prior, Eph. 4:22; before, former, prior, Eph. 4:22; before, formerly, Jn. 6:62