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προλαμβάνω

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Gloss: to take beforehand

Transliteration: prolambanō

Strong’s: G4301

προ-λαμβάνω
[in LXX: Wis.17:11 א2, Wis.17:17 א2B * ;]
__1. to take beforehand: with accusative, 1Co.11:21 (but see infr.).
__2. to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative): with inf. (= cl. φθάνω, see Bl., § 69, 4; Swete, in l), Mrk.14:8.
__3. to overtake, surprise: pass., Gal.6:1 (on the virtual disappearance of the temporal force of the preposi­tion in this compound here and perhaps also in 1Co, l.with, see MM, xxi).†
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