Quick Definition
I say previously, predict
Strong's Definition
to say already, to predict
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G2036 (ἔπω);
KJV Usage: forewarn, say (speak, tell) before
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προεῖπον (2 aorist active from an unused present (see εἶπον, at the beginning)), 1 person plural προείπομεν (1Th_4:6 Griesbach), προείπαμεν, (ibid. R L T Tr WH (see WH's Appendix, p. 164)); perfect προείρηκα; perfect passive προείρημαι (see εἶπον, p. 181a top); from Homer ((by tmesis); Herodotus and Plato) down; to say before; i. e., a. to say in what precedes, to say above: followed by ὅτι, 2Co_7:3; followed by direct discourse (Heb_4:7 L T Tr WH text); Heb_10:15 (Rec.).
b. to say before i. e. heretofore, formerly: followed by ὅτι, 2Co_13:2; Gal_5:21; followed by direct discourse, Gal_1:9; (Heb_4:7 WH marginal reading); καθώς προείπαμεν ὑμῖν, 1Th_4:6; (in the passages under this head (except Gal_1:9) some would give προ( the sense of openly, plainly (cf. R. V. marginal reading)).
c. to say beforehand i. e. before the event; so used in reference to prophecies: τί, Act_1:16; τά ῤήματα τό προειρημενα ὑπό τίνος, Jud_1:17; 2Pe_3:2; προείρηκα ὑμῖν πάντα, Mar_13:23; namely, αὐτό, Mat_24:25; followed by direct discourse, Rom_9:29.
STRONGS NT 4277: προείρηκαπροείρηκα see προεῖπον.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G4302, G4277, G4280
προλέγω prolegō 15x
to tell beforehand, to foretell, Mat_24:25 ; Act_1:16 ; Rom_9:29 ; 2Co_13:2 ; Gal_5:21 ; 1Th_3:4 say before; warn.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προ -εῖπον ,
2 aor. from unused Pres. ( see εἶπον , and pf ., -είρηκα ( 3Ma_6:35 * ), pass ., -είρημαι ( 2Ma_2:32 , 3Ma_1:26 , al. ),
1. to say before: Gal_1:9 , 1Th_4:6 (on the form -αμεν , v. WH , App ., 164), Heb_4:7 ; seq . ὅτι , 2Co_7:3 ; 2Co_13:2 , Gal_5:21 ; of prophecy, Mat_24:25 , Mar_13:23 , Act_1:16 , Rom_9:29 , 2Pe_3:2 , Jud_1:17 .
2. to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly ( cl .): so R , mg ., in 2Co_13:2 , Gal_5:21 , 1Th_4:6 ( cf. προλέγω ; but v. supr ., and cf. M , Th ., 38).†
προ -είρηκα , -είρημαι , see προεῖπον .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προεῖπον [page 539]
P Oxy VII. 1033 .15 (A.D. 392) ὡς προείπαμεν , as aforesaid (Ed.), and the Christian letter of a slave to his master regarding the illness of his mistress P Oxy VI. 939 .25 (iv/A.D.) ἔδοξεν μὲν γὰρ ὡς προεῖπον ἀνεκτότερον ἐσχηκέναι ἀνακαθεσ̣θ̣εῖσα , for she seems, as I said before, to be in a more tolerable state, in that she has sat up (cf. Luk_7:15 ). Cf. from the inscrr. Syll 239 (= .3 543) .38 (B.C. 214) τοῖς μέντοι κατηγορεῖν τούτων μέλλουσιν προείπατε , ὅπως μὴ φανῶσιν κτλ ., and Kaibel 947 .10 καὶ [σεμνῶ ]ν εἰμ [ι ] προφήτης ὧν γε προεῖπα θεῶν . See s.v. προλέγω .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-εῖπον 2 aor. from unused Pres. (see: εἶπον, and pf., -είρηκα (3Ma.6:35 *), pass., -είρημαι (2Ma.2:32, 3Ma.1:26, al.),
__1. to say before: Gal.1:9, 1Th.4:6 (on the form -αμεν, see WH, App., 164), Heb.4:7; before ὅτι, 2Co.7:3 13:2, Gal.5:21; of prophecy, Mat.24:25, Mrk.13:23, Act.1:16, Rom.9:29, 2Pe.3:2, Ju 17.
__2. to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly (cl.): so R, mg., in 2Co.13:2, Gal.5:21, 1Th.4:6 (cf. προλέγω; but see supr., and cf. M, Th., 38).†
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