Dictionary entry

προλαμβάνω

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

** προ-λαμβάνω,

[in LXX: Wi 17:11 א2, Wi 17:17 א2B*;]

1. to take beforehand: c. acc., I Co 11:21 (but v. infr.).

2. to be beforehand, anticipate (in cl., c. acc., gen. or dat.): c. inf. (= cl. φθάνω, v. Bl., § 69, 4; Swete, in l.), Mk 14:8.

3. to overtake, surprise: pass., Ga 6:1 (on the virtual disappearance of the temporal force of the preposition in this compound here and perhaps also in I Co 11:21, v. MM, xxi).†