προπορ-εύω,
cause to go before, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.22 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, with aorist middle, go before, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 23.10, etc.; π. τινός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 844b5, NT.Act.7.40; πρὸ προσώπου τινός LXX.Exo.32.34, NT.Luke.1.76; πρὸ τοῦ στρατοῦ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.15.1; π. ἐπὶ δὔ ἡμέραις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.52.8 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; οἱ προπορευόμενοι the van, [[ [prev. author] 2.27.2, etc.] Refs]; ἡ προπορευομένη, ={πρόπολος}, [[ Seleucus Grammaticus et Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.267c ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a river, flow onward, [[ LXX.Gen.2.14 (variant). ] LXX]
__2 come forward, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.8, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 to be promoted, advance, πρὸς τὴν στρατηγίαν [[ [prev. author] 28.6.9, compare 2.4.2. ] Refs]