Dictionary entry

προκόπτω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** προ-κόπτω,

[in Sm.: Ps 44 (45):5*;]

to cut forward a way, forward, advance, in cl. trans. with neut. adj., as οὐδὲν π., τὰ πολλὰ π. In late writers (Polyb., al.), wholly intrans., to advance, progress: of time, Ro 13:12. Metaph., Lk 2:52, Ga 1:14, II Ti 2:163:9, 13.†