King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4269
Transliteration: progonos
Phonetic Spelling: (prog'-on-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: born before
Meaning: born before
πρόγονος, προγονου, ὁ (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).
Word Summary
progonos: born before
Original Word: πρόγονοςTransliteration: progonos
Phonetic Spelling: (prog'-on-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: born before
Meaning: born before
Strong's Concordance
forefather, parent. From proginomai; an ancestor, (grand-)parent -- forefather, parent.
see GREEK proginomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4269: πρόγονοςπρόγονος, προγονου, ὁ (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).