Prodromos means “forerunner” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4274 — machtseb in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4274 πρόδρομος (prodromos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prodromos (prod'-rom-os) adj. 1. a runner ahead, i.e. scout 2. (figuratively) precursor, forerunner It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include forerunner. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
prodromos (prod'-rom-os) adj. 1. a runner ahead, i.e. scout 2. (figuratively) precursor, forerunner [from the alternate of G4390] KJV: forerunner Root(s): G4390
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4274. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
forerunner
Usage: πρό-δρομος, -ον (προτρέχω) [in LXX: Num.13:21 (20), Isa.28:4 (בִּכּוּר), Wis.12:8 * ;] running forward, going in advance. As subst., ὁ π., an advance guard, forerunner: Heb.6:20.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render prodromos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4274 (πρόδρομος) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days were the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
And the fading flower of the glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, And didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, To destroy them by little and little.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4274.
And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days were the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
And the fading flower of the glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down.
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, And didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, To destroy them by little and little.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4274, grouped by book.
Prodromos (Strong's G4274) is a Greek word most simply glossed "forerunner". prodromos (prod'-rom-os) adj. 1. a runner ahead, i.e. scout 2. (figuratively) precursor, forerunner
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G4274 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4274 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as forerunner. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4274, with linked reader references where each row is available.