προ-εῖπον 2 aor. from unused Pres. (see: εἶπον, and pf. -είρηκα (3Ma.6:35 *), pass. -είρημαι (2Ma.2:32, 3Ma.1:26, al.),

__1. to say before: Gal.1:9, 1Th.4:6 (on the form -αμεν, see WH, App. 164), Heb.4:7; before ὅτι, 2Co.7:3 13:2, Gal.5:21; of prophecy, Mat.24:25, Mrk.13:23, Act.1:16, Rom.9:29, 2Pe.3:2, Ju 17.

__2. to proclaim publicly, declare openly or plainly (cl.): so R, mg. in 2Co.13:2, Gal.5:21, 1Th.4:6 (cf. προλέγω; but see supr. and cf. M, Th. 38).†

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