4298 - prokoptó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: προκόπτω
Transliteration: prokoptó
Definition (short): advancing
Definition (full): to cut forward (a way), advance

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from pro and koptó
Definition: to cut forward (a way), advance
NASB Translation: advancing (1), almost gone (1), increasing (1), lead (1), make...progress (1), proceed (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From pro and kopto; to drive forward (as if by beating), i.e. (figuratively and intransitively) to advance (in amount, to grow; in time, to be well along) -- increase, proceed, profit, be far spent, wax.

see GREEK pro

see GREEK kopto

KJV: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
NASB: And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
KJV: The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
NASB: The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
KJV: And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
NASB: and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.
KJV: But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
NASB: But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness,
KJV: But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
NASB: But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also.