προλαμβάνω

προ-λαμβάνω

[in LXX: Wis.17:11 א2, Wis.17:17 א2B * ;]

1. to take beforehand: with accusative, 1Co.11:21 (but see infr.).

2. to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., with accusative, genitive or dative): with inf. (= cl. φθάνω, see Bl., § 69, 4; Swete, in l), Mrk.14:8.

3. to overtake, surprise: pass., Gal.6:1 (on the virtual disappearance of the temporal force of the preposi­tion in this compound here and perhaps also in 1Co, l.with, see MM, xxi).†

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