Word study · Greek
própogonos
forefathers
Say it: PROG-on-os (approximate)
πρόγονος
What it means
An ancestor, forefather (literally "born before"). In 1:3, "as my forefathers did." In 1 Timothy 5:4 the word is used for "parents" or "grandparents." It appears only these two times.
Range of meaning
- ForefatherAncestor.
- ParentEarlier generation.
In 2 Timothy
- Chapter 1
"As my forefathers did" (1:3).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4269 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources