G4266 — προγίνομαι (proginomai)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G4266
Original: προγίνομαι
Transliteration: progínomai
Pronunciation: prog-in
Part of Speech: Verb
Components: πρό (G4253, "before, in front of, prior") + γίνομαι (G1096, "to cause to be / become / happen")
Occurrences: 1 token in 1 unique NT verse
Books: 1 (Romans)
First Occurrence: Rom 3:25 — "Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
Hapax Legomenon: YES — this word appears only once in the entire NT

Lexicon Definition¶

The Strong's lexicon output defines προγίνομαι as "to be already, i.e. have previously transpired" and gives the KJV rendering "be." The tool output has a truncated source note ("from and"), so the compound components above are verified separately from the lexicon entries for πρό (G4253) and γίνομαι (G1096).

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain: 013 — Be, Become, Exist, Happen
Subdomain: 013004 — Happen
Other words in subdomain: ἀθέμιτος (G111), ἀκωλύτως (G209), ἀναπληρόω (G378), ἀπεῖπον (G550), ἀπέχω (G568), ἀποδίδωμι (G591), ἀπολείπω (G620), ἀφίημι (G863), βλέπω (G991), γεννάω (G1080)

Domain Neighbors (013004 — Happen)¶

Word	Strong's	Verses	Primary KJV Translation
ἀθέμιτος (athemitos)	G111	2	abominable, an unlawful thing
ἀκωλύτως (akolytos)	G209	1	no man forbidding him
ἀναπληρόω (anapleroo)	G378	3	fill up, fulfil
ἀπεῖπον (apeipon)	G550	1	have renounced
ἀπέχω (apecho)	G568	6	They have, is
ἀποδίδωμι (apodidomi)	G591	10	Render, give
ἀπολείπω (apoleipo)	G620	3	I left, There remaineth
ἀφίημι (aphiemi)	G863	36	left, forgive
βλέπω (blepo)	G991	31	see, seeth
γεννάω (gennao)	G1080	33	begat, is born
γίνομαι (ginomai)	G1096	141	it came to pass, was
διακωλύω (diakolyo)	G1254	1	forbad

Morphology¶

Greek parser output for the single NT token:

Reference	Form	Parsing	Description
Rom 3:25	προγεγονότων	V-2RAP-GPN	Perfect active participle, genitive plural neuter

The only attested NT form is participial and genitive plural neuter, modifying ἁμαρτημάτων (G265, "sins") in Rom 3:25.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
that are past	1	100%

Exact KJV translation overlap for "that are past" was found only with H7223 רִאשׁוֹן (ri'shon, "first/former/past") and G4266.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Romans	1	0.2

The word is confined to Romans in the NT data and occurs only in Rom 3:25.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Prior Occurrence / Already Transpired Event¶

The single occurrence marks something as already having taken place before the current point of reference. In Rom 3:25, the participle modifies "sins" and supplies the temporal description rendered by the KJV as "that are past."

Rom 3:25 — "for the remission of sins that are past (progegonoton), through the forbearance of God"

Because G4266 is a hapax, no broader NT semantic spread can be established from repeated usage. Its observable NT sense is limited to prior occurrence: something has already happened or previously transpired.

Common Collocations¶

The gatherer returned no recurring collocation rows because G4266 occurs in only one NT verse. Same-verse contextual co-occurrences from the Strong's database are:

Word	Strong's	Co-vv	Typical Pattern
ἁμάρτημα (hamartema)	G265	1	"sins that are past" — the noun modified by προγεγονότων
πάρεσις (paresis)	G3929	1	"remission/passing over" of the previously occurred sins
ἀνοχή (anoche)	G463	1	"forbearance" as the temporal frame in the same clause
ἔνδειξις (endeixis)	G1732	1	"declaration/demonstration" in the purpose phrase
ἱλαστήριον (hilasterion)	G2435	1	"propitiation" in the same verse
αἷμα (haima)	G129	1	"blood" in the same verse
πίστις (pistis)	G4102	1	"faith" in the same verse

These are contextual associations from a single verse, not statistically recurring collocations.

Compound Elements / Word Family¶

G4253 πρό (pro) — primary preposition: "before, in front of, prior." Supplies the temporal "before / prior" force in the compound.
G1096 γίνομαι (ginomai) — broad verb of becoming, happening, occurring, coming to be. Supplies the event/occurrence component.

Synonyms¶

No curated synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G4266.

Antonyms¶

No curated antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G4266.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation / Overlap	Key Difference
πρό (pro)	G4253	"before" / prior-time language	G4253 is a preposition meaning before/prior; G4266 is a verb meaning to have happened before.
ποτέ (pote)	G4218	"in time past," "in times past"	G4218 is an adverbial particle of former time; G4266 names prior occurrence as a verbal event.
παρέρχομαι (parerchomai)	G3928	translated "past" in some contexts	G3928 means to pass by/pass away; G4266 means to have previously happened.
ἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)	G565	translated "is past" in Rev 9:12; 11:14; 21:4	G565 is departure/going away; G4266 is prior occurrence.
רִאשׁוֹן (ri'shon)	H7223	exact KJV phrase "that are past" once	H7223 is Hebrew "first/former/past"; G4266 is the NT Greek verb "to have previously transpired."

Hebrew Source (via LXX)¶

No Hebrew sources were found for G4266 by search_strongs.py --hebrew-source G4266.