Lexical Summary probainō: to go forward Original Word: προβαίνωTransliteration: probainō Phonetic Spelling: (prob-ah'-ee-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to go forward Meaning: to go forward Strong's Concordance advanceFrom pro and the base of basis; to walk forward, i.e. Advance (literally, or in years) -- + be of a great age, go farther (on), be well stricken. see GREEK pro see GREEK basis Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4260: προβαίνωπροβαίνω: perfect participle προβεβηκώς; 2 aorist participle προβάς; from Homer down; to go forward, go on (cf. πρό, d. α.): properly, on foot, Matthew 4:21; Mark 1:19; tropically, ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις προβεβηκώς, advanced in age, Luke 1:7, 18; Luke 2:36 (see ἡμέρα, at the end; τήν ἡλικίαν, 2 Macc. 4:40 2Macc. 6:18; Herodian, 2, 7, 7 (5 edition, Bekker); τῇ ἡλικία, Lysias, p. 169, 37; (Diodorus 12, 18); ταῖς ἡλικιαις, Diodorus 13, 89; (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 2)). |