Quick Definition
προπορεύομαι v. 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
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πορεύομαι
15.143 · Linear Movement · Come/Go In Front Of
to go in front of, to precede to move in front of or ahead of, with the implication that both parties are moving in the same direction
15.181 · Linear Movement · Lead, Bring, Take
to lead, to show the way to to go in front of, in order to show the way
1 LUK 1:76 It is possible that προπορεύομαι in LUK 1:76 should be interpreted as temporal rather than as spacial.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-πορεύω: 1 fut. mid. πρροπορεύσομαι: to send before, to make to precede, (Ael. nat. an. 10, 22 [var.]); mid. to go before, to precede, [see πρό, d.a.]: τινός (on which gen. see W. § 52, 3 6.), to go before one, of a leader, Acts vii. 40; πρὸ προσώπου τινός (after the Hebr., Ex. xxxii. 34; Deut. iii. 18; ix. 3), of a messenger or a herald, Lk. i. 76; (of the van of an army, 1 Mace. ix. 11; Xen. Cyr. 4, 2, 23; Polyb.). [Cf. ἔρχομαι, fin.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προπορεύομαι proporeuomai 2x
to precede, go before, Acts 7:40; Lk. 1:76*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προ-πορεύω,
[in LXX chiefly for הלךְ, also for עבר, etc.;]
to make to go before. Pass. and mid., to go before: Lk 1:76, Ac 7:40(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προπορεύομαι, “ἐρὸ before,” very common in the LXX, but in the NT confined to Luke (17°, Ac 74° LXX), occurs ¢e in the templeaccount P Oxy VIII. 1144 (i/ii a.D.), e.g.° παστοφόρο[ι]ς προπορενομ[ένοις] (δραχμαὶ) ἢ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προπορεύω (proporeuō) — to go before. προπορ-εύω, cause to go before, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, with aorist middle, go before, [NT+4th c.BC+]; οἱ προπορευόμενοι the van, [Refs]; ἡ προπορευομένη, ={πρόπολος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a river, flow onward, [LXX]
2. come forward, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. to be promoted, advance, πρὸς τὴν στρατηγίαν [Refs]