Strong's G4391 · Greek

προϋπάρχω

prouparcho · pro-oop-ar'-kho

from 4253 and 5225; to exist before, i.e. (adverbially) to be or do something previously

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

 2 ** προ-ϋπ-άρχω , [in LXX: Jb 42:18 *;] to be beforehand in . to be before or previously : c. ptcp., Lk 23:12 , Ac 8:9 .† 

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain