Lexicon / G4284
προέχω
proechō
  • to excel
  • to hold before
  • to hold something before oneself
  • to excuse oneself
  • to project
  • to have the start

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: to excel

προ-έχω

[in LXX: Job.27:6 A (חָזַק hi.) * ;]

__1. Trans. to hold before; mid. to hold something before oneself (Hdt.), hence, metaphorically, to excuse oneself: Rom.3:9, R, mg. (but see Field, Notes, 152 f.; Lft. Notes, 266 f.; ICC and Vau. in l).

__2. Intrans.

__(a) to project;

__(b) in running, to have the start, hence, metaphorically, to excel: pass. Ro, l.with, R, txt. (see reff. supr.).†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to hold before; to hold something before oneself; to excuse oneself; to project; to have the start

to hold before; to hold something before oneself; to excuse oneself; to project; to have the start; to excel