Proimos means “early” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4406 — millah (“commandment”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4406 πρώϊμος (proimos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. proimos (prow'-ee"-mos) adj. 1. dawning 2. (by analogy) autumnal (showering, the first of the rainy season) It has 9 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include early. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
proimos (prow'-ee"-mos) adj. 1. dawning 2. (by analogy) autumnal (showering, the first of the rainy season) [from G4404] KJV: early Root(s): G4404
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4406. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
early rain
Usage: πρώϊμος, see: πρόϊμος . πρόϊμος (Rec. πρώ-, of which προ- is a late form; see Bl., § 6, 4; WH, App., 152), -ον, [in LXX: Deu.11:14 (יוֹרֶה), etc. ;] = the more common πρώιος (which see), early: of rain (as most frequently in LXX), Jas.5:7.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render proimos, 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.
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Strong's G4406 (πρώϊμος) appears 8 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.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
then he shall give to thy land the early and latter rain in its season, and thou shalt bring in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.
and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfillment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved it for us.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4406.
then he shall give to thy land the early and latter rain in its season, and thou shalt bring in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.
and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfillment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved it for us.
The one basket was full of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was full of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness.
let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.
I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig tree: they went in to Baal-peor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved.
Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Zion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.
Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them abundant rain, to everyone grass in the field.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4406, grouped by book.
Proimos (Strong's G4406) is a Greek word most simply glossed "early". proimos (prow'-ee"-mos) adj. 1. dawning 2. (by analogy) autumnal (showering, the first of the rainy season)
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G4406 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4406 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as early. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4406, with linked reader references where each row is available.