Strong's G5348 · Greek

φθάνω

phthano · fthan'-o

apparently a primary verb; to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede; by extension, to have arrived at

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φθάνω (G5348)

7 φθάνω [in LXX for נגע hi., מטא , etc. ;] to come before another, anticipate (cl.): c. acc. pers., I Th 4:15 . In late writers and M Gr. (v. Kennedy, Sources , 156; Lft., Notes , 35), to come, arrive : Ro 9:31 ; seq. εἰς , Phl 3:16 ; ἄχρι , II Co 10:14 ; ἐπί (cf. Da TH 4:21 , and v. Dalman, Words , 107), Mt 12:28 , Lk 11:20 , I Th 2:16 (cf. προ-φθάνω ).†

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

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