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GreekG5348Verb

φθάνω

phthanō

7Occurrences
G5348Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede; by extension, to have arrived at

apparently a primary verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to come before another, anticipate
2.In late writers and MGr. (see Kennedy, Sources, 156; Lft., Notes, 35), to come, arrive
LXX: for נָגַע hi., מְטָא, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

φθάνω appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Thessalonians
2
2 Corinthians
1
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Philippians
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 2:16BSB

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

1 Thessalonians 4:15BSB

By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

2 Corinthians 10:14BSB

We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

Luke 11:20BSB

But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matthew 12:28BSB

But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.