Strong’s G4386 · Greek

πρότερον
próteron

Definition

previously

Etymology

neuter of G4387 (πρότερος) as adverb (with or without the article);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • before
  • (at the) first
  • former

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.