Quick Definition
I have been already
Strong's Definition
to exist before, i.e. (adverbially) to be or do something previously
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G5225 (ὑπάρχω);
KJV Usage: + be before(-time)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προϋπάρχω: imperfect προϋπῆρχον; from Thucydides and Plato down; to be before, exist previously: with a participle Act_8:9; προϋπῆρχον ὄντες, Luk_23:12; cf. Bornemann, Schol. ad h. l.; Winers Grammar, 350 (328); (Buttmann, § 144, 14).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προϋπάρχω prouparchō 2x
to be before, or formerly, Luk_23:12 ; Act_8:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προ -ϋπ -άρχω ,
[in LXX : Job 42:18 * ;]
1. to be beforehand in.
2. to be before or previously: c . ptcp ., Luk_23:12 , Act_8:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προϋπάρχω [page 554]
am before or previously. Like προτρέπω , this Lucan word ( Luk_23:12 , Act_8:9 ) is found in vernacular sources. Thus in a description of the repair of certain canal dykes, P Lille I. 1 verso .4 (B.C. 259 8), reference is made to the already existing dykes τῶν δὲ προϋπαρχόντων χωμάτων ἐν τοῖς διαπλευρισμοῖς τούτοις : cf. P Tebt I. 9 .3 (B.C. 119) κατασταθεὶς πρὸς [τ ]ῆι προϋπαρχούση [ι ] μοι κωμογραμματείας ( l . είαι ), on being appointed to the post of komogrammateus previously held by me (Edd.), ib . 50 .40 (B.C. 112 1) (= Chrest . I. p. 386 ) ἐκσκάψαι τὸν ὑδραγωγὸν καθὼς προϋπῆρξεν , to dig out the conduit as it was before (Edd.), and from the inscrr. Syll 462 (= .3 526) .32 (iii/B.C.) κα [τὰ τ ]οὺς νόμους τοὺς προϋπ [άρχ ]οντας , ib . 928 (= .3 679) .18 (B.C. 143) στήλην λεύ ]κου λίθου , ἣν καὶ στησάτω πλησίον τῆς προϋπαρχούση [ς ] ( sc . στήλης ). Vett. Val. p. 283 .24 διὰ τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν ἔχθραν .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-ϋπ-άρχω
[in LXX: Job 42:18* ;]
__1. to be beforehand in.
__2. to be before or previously: with ptcp., Luk.23:12, Act.8:9.†
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