Original Word: προφθάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: prophthanó
Pronunciation: prof-thah'-no
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-than'-o)
KJV: prevent
NASB: first
Word Origin: [from G4253 (πρό - before) and G5348 (φθάνω - come)]

1. to get an earlier start of, i.e. anticipate

anticipate, prevent.

From pro and phthano; to get an earlier start of, i.e. Anticipate -- prevent.

see GREEK pro

see GREEK phthano

Word Origin
from pro and phthanó
Definition
to anticipate
NASB Translation
first (1).

STRONGS NT 4399: προφθάνω

προφθάνω: 1 aorist προέφθασα; to come before, to anticipate: αὐτόν προεφθασε λέγων, he spoke before him (R. V. spake first to him), or anticipated his remark, Matthew 17:25. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plutarch; the Sept..)

Forms and Transliterations

προέφθασα προέφθασαν προέφθασάν προέφθασας προέφθασε προεφθασεν προέφθασεν προφθάσει πρόφθασον προφθάσωμεν προφυλακάς προφύλακας προφυλακή προφυλακήν προφυλακής προφυλάξομαι proephthasen proéphthasen

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