4399 - prophthanó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: προφθάνω
Transliteration: prophthanó
Definition (short): first
Definition (full): to anticipate

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from pro and phthanó
Definition: to anticipate
NASB Translation: first (1).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From pro and phthano; to get an earlier start of, i.e. Anticipate -- prevent.

see GREEK pro

see GREEK phthano

References

Strong's 4399: 1 Occurrences
KJV: He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
NASB: He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?"