- προλαμβάνω
- προλαμβάνω 2 aor. προέλαβον; 1 aor. pass. προελήμφθην (on the sp. s. B-D-F §101 p. 53; Mlt-H. 246f) (Trag., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist; SibOr 3, 569; Philo, Joseph., Just.; Ath., R. 25 p. 78, 23) prim. ‘take before(hand)’.① to do someth. that involves some element of temporal priorityⓐ w. temporal force of προ felt rather strongly πρ. τι do someth. before the usual time, anticipate someth. (cp. Theophr., HP 8, 1, 4 πρ. ταῖς εὐδίαις τὴν αὔξησιν ‘begin the growth beforehand in favorable weather’; IG XIV, 2014, 1; Philo, Somn. 1, 2; Just., D. 131, 4 πάντα [of God]) w. inf. foll. (Jos., Ant. 6, 305; B-D-F §392, 2; Rob. 1120) προέλαβεν μυρίσαι τὸ σῶμά μου she had anointed my body beforehand Mk 14:8.ⓑ w. temporal force of προ still felt take it upon oneself, undertake (in the sense ‘anticipate mentally’ in Polyb. and Plut.; EpArist 206; w. inf. foll. Hippocr., Ep. 27, 41) προέλαβον παρακαλεῖν ὑμᾶς IEph 3:2.ⓒ take, get of a meal (SIG 1170, 7; 9; 15 of the taking of food [ἄρτον, γάλα et al.] in the temple of Asclepius in Epidaurus. S. also vWilamowitz in note 4 to the ins) prob. w. the temporal force of προ felt to a degree ἕκαστος τὸ ἴδιον δεῖπνον προλαμβάνει ἐν τῷ φαγεῖν in eating, each goes on ahead to take one’s own supper 1 Cor 11:21 (s. ἴδιος 1b).② to ascertain someth. by surprise, detect, overtake, surprise τινά someone (TestJud 2:5 running down a boar) pass. (POxy 928, 8; Wsd 17:16) ἐὰν προλημφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτώματι Gal 6:1. See Field, Notes 190; JRobb, ET 57, ’45/46, 222.—M-M. TW.
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