4269. progonos
Strong's Concordance
progonos: born before
Original Word: πρόγονος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: progonos
Phonetic Spelling: (prog'-on-os)
Short Definition: an ancestor
Definition: an ancestor.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4269: πρόγονος

πρόγονος, προγονου, (προγίνομαι), born before, older: Homer, Odyssey 9, 221; plural ancestors, Latinmajores (often so by Greek writings from Pindar down): ἀπό προγόνων, in the spirit and after the manner received from (my) forefathers (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa., p. 59a bottom), 2 Timothy 1:3; used of a mother, grandparents, and (if such survive) great-grandparents, 1 Timothy 5:4 (A. V. parents) (of surviving ancestors also in Plato, legg. 11, p. 932 at the beginning).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
forefather, parent.

From proginomai; an ancestor, (grand-)parent -- forefather, parent.

see GREEK proginomai

Forms and Transliterations
προγονοις προγόνοις προγονων προγόνων progonois progónois progonon progonōn progónon progónōn
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2 Occurrences


προγόνων — 1 Occ.
προγόνοις — 1 Occ.

1 Timothy 5:4 N-DMP
GRK: ἀποδιδόναι τοῖς προγόνοις τοῦτο γάρ
NAS: and to make some return to their parents; for this
KJV: and to requite their parents: for that
INT: to give to parents that indeed

2 Timothy 1:3 N-GMP
GRK: λατρεύω ἀπὸ προγόνων ἐν καθαρᾷ
NAS: the way my forefathers did, as I constantly
KJV: from [my] forefathers with
INT: I serve from [my] forefathers with pure

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