Strong’s G4391 · Greek
προϋπάρχω
proÿpárchō · pro-oop-ar'-kho
Origin from πρό (G4253) and ὑπάρχω (G5225);
Meaning to exist before, i.e. (adverbially) to be or do something previously
In the King James Version + be before(-time).
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 23:12And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
- Acts 8:9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.