Original Word: προλαμβάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: prolambanó
Phonetic Spelling: (prol-am-ban'-o)
Short Definition: I take before, anticipate, am overtaken
Definition: I take before, anticipate; pass: I am caught or overtaken, taken by surprise.STRONGS NT 4301: προλαμβάνω

προλαμβάνω; 2 aorist προελαβον; 1 aorist passive subjunctive 3 person singular προληφθῇ (προλημφθῇ L T Tr WH; see under the word Mu); from Herodotus down;

1. to take before: τί, 1 Corinthians 11:21.

2. to anticipate, to forestall: προέλαβε μυρίσαι, she has anticipated the anointing (hath anointed beforehand), Mark 14:8; cf. Meyer at the passage; Winer's Grammar, § 54, 4.

3. to take one by forestalling (him i. e. before he can flee or conceal his crime), i. e. surprise, detect (Wis. 17:16): τινα ἐν παραπτώματι, passive, Galatians 6:1; cf. Winer, Epistle to the Galatians, the passage cited

take beforehand, overtake.

From pro and lambano; to take in advance, i.e. (literally) eat before others have an opportunity; (figuratively) to anticipate, surprise -- come aforehand, overtake, take before.

see GREEK pro

see GREEK lambano

προέλαβε προελαβεν προέλαβεν προλαμβανει προλαμβάνει προλημφθη προλημφθῇ προληφθή proelaben proélaben prolambanei prolambánei prolemphthe prolēmphthē prolemphthêi prolēmphthē̂iInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts