Dictionary entry

προϋπάρχω

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

** προ-ϋπ-άρχω,

[in LXX: Jb 42:18*;]

1. to be beforehand in.

2. to be before or previously: c. ptcp., Lk 23:12, Ac 8:9.†