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prokóptō

go further

Say it: prok-OP-to (approximate)

προκόπτω

What it means

To make progress, to advance (the same root as prokopē). In 2:16, "it will go further in ungodliness"; in 3:9, "they will proceed no further"; in 3:13, evil men "will grow worse and worse." In Luke 2:52, Jesus "increased in wisdom."

Range of meaning

  • AdvanceGo forward.
  • ProgressMake headway.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "It will go further in ungodliness" (2:16; 3:9, 3:13).

  • Chapter 3

    "They will proceed no further" (3:9) and "grow worse and worse" (3:13).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G4298 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources