to precede/arrive

Greek Verb

φθάνω [in LXX for נָגַע hi, מְטָא, etc;] 1) to come before another, anticipate (cl.): with accusative of person(s), 1Th.4:15. 2) In late writers and MGr. (see Kennedy, Sources, 156; Lft, Notes, 35), to come, arrive: Rom.9:31; before εἰς, Php.3:16; ἄχρι, 2Co.10:14; ἐπί (cf. Da TH Dan.4:21, and see Dalman, Words, 107), Mat.12:28, Luk.11:20, 1Th.2:16 (cf. προ-φθάνω). (AS)

to precede/arrive

Greek Verb

φθάνω, [Refs 8th c.BC+], imperfect ἔφθανον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future φθήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but φθάσω [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔφθᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; optative 3rd.pers. singular φθάσειε [Refs 5th c.BC+] (this tense prevails in later Gk, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἔφθασσα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist is ἔφθην,[Refs 5th c.BC+], but the more usual form in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; plural ἔφθημεν, -ητε, -ησαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect plural 3 φθάν [Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive φθῶ, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φθήῃ, φθῇσιν, [Refs]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural φθέωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural φθέωσι [Refs]; optative φθαίην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φθαίησι (παρα-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive φθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle φθάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect participle middle φθάμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἔφθᾰκα[LXX+4th c.BC+]; πέφθακα [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: pluperfect ἐφθάκει [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐφθάνετο [Refs]; ἐφθάνοντο [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐφθάσθην [Refs 1st c.BC+]. [φθᾰνω always in Attic dialect (so also in [Refs]; φθᾱνω in [Refs 8th c.BC+]]:—come or do first or before others: I) with accusative person, to be beforehand with, overtake, outstrip, in running or otherwise, φθάνει δέ τε καὶ τὸν ἄγοντα [NT+8th c.BC+]; so ἔφθησαν τὸν χειμῶνα they anticipated the storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be overtaken, ὑπό τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐφθάσθην (see. above). II) absolutely, come or act first, opposed to ὑστερέω or ὑστερίζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ φθάσαντος ἁρπαγή the prey of the first comer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later writers, τὰ φθάσαντα the things before mentioned, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; participle φθάνων, φθάσας previous, τῶν φθασάντων δυεῖν βιβλίων [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν τοῖς φθάνουσιν ἔργοις Dex.Hist.[Refs 1st c.AD+]previous time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ φθάσαν, τὰ φθάσαντα, the past, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) with Preps, come or arrive first, ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν [LXX+NT], simply, arriveat, attain to, [NT+1st c.AD+]: absolutely, of Time, arrive, καιρὸς τῆς τομῆς ἔφθακε (variant{ἔφθασεν}) [LXX]; ἔφθασεν ὁ μὴν ὁ ἕβδομος[LXX] II.2.b) extend, μέχρι γῆς [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.2.c) reach, αἰθέρα [Refs] II.2.d) Grammars, to be applied or applicable, ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς διαθέσεις [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III) the action in which one is beforehand is expressed by the participle agreeing with the subject, [Ἄτη] πολλὸν ὑπεκπροθέει, φθάνει δέ τε πᾶσαν ἐπ᾽ αἶαν βλάπτουσ᾽ ἀνθρώπους and is beforehand in doing men mischief, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἄρα μιν φθῆ Τηλέμαχος κατόπισθε βαλών Telemachus was beforehand with him in striking, i.e. struck first, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔφθησαν ἀπικόμενοι arrived first, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so φ. εὐεργετῶν to be the first to show a kindness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle passive is also used, ἦ κε πολὺ φθαίη πόλις ἁλοῦσα, i.e. it would be taken first, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ κε φθήῃ τυπείς shall be wounded first, [Refs]; φθαίητε γὰρ ἂν. ἐξανδραποδισθέντες ἣ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φθάνειν δεῖ πεφραγμένους τοὶς πόρους they must first be blocked up, [Refs] were drawn up before the drivers, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; more frequently by πρὶν. or ἢ, ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος, πρὶν οὐτάσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔφθησαν ἀναβάντες πρὶν ἢ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔφθησαν ἐκπεσόντες πρότερον ἢ. [Refs] III.b) in later Gr, with participle to express previous action or happening, φθάνω ὑμῖν πρότερον γεγραφηκώς I have already written to you, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc; ἔφθασα εἰρηκώς [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.2) in the same sense, participle φθάς or φθάσας, Epic dialect φθάμενος, is used like an adverb with a principal Verb, ὅς μ᾽ ἔβαλε φθάμενος, for ὅς μ᾽ ἔφθη βαλών, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἄλλος φθὰς ἐμεῦ κατήγορος ἔσται no other shall be an accuser before me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνέῳξάς με φθάσας you opened the door before me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even with a participle, φθάσας. ἁρπάσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely participle present, φθάνοντες δῃοῦμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2.b) in signification [Refs]already paid them, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; but ὡσεὶ καὶ ὁμογενῆ φθάσας εἶπον as if I had said (not had already said) ὁ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.3) rarely with infinitive, ὁ φθάσας θαρσῆσαι he that first gains confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπεύδειν ὅπως. φθαίης ἔτ᾽ εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἐλθεῖν (variant{ἐλθών}) hurry to be in time to get to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μόλις φθάνει θρόνοισιν ἐμπεσοῦσα μὴ χαμαὶ πεσεῖν hardly manages by falling first on the seat not to fall on the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently in later writers, of actions which one manages to do, does before or has done first or already, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐὰν ὁ ἰατρὸς αὐτὸ φθάσῃ κενῶσαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; φθάνοντος ἤδη πυρέττειν ἐκ τεττάρων ἡμερῶν τοῦ νοσοῦντος having already begun, [Refs]; μὴ φθάνων προσηκόντως τρέφεσθαι if he is not first suitably nourished, [Refs]; συμβαίνει φθάνειν ἀποθνῄσκειν τοὺς νεωτέρους the young die first, [Refs]; εἰ φθάσαιμεν παλαιοὺς πίθους ἔχειν μεγάλους if we already have, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV) with negatives, IV.1) with οὐ and participle (infinitive is see reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+] you must no sooner get your beard than you march, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ φθάνει ἐξαγόμενος καὶ εὐθὺς ὅμοιός ἐστι τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις no sooner is he brought out than he becomes unclean, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔφθημεν εἰς Τροιζῆν᾽ ἐλθόντες καὶ τοιαύταις νόσοις ἐλήφθημεν ἐξ ὧν. no sooner had we come to Troezen than, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔφθη μοι συμβᾶσα ἡ ἀτυχία καὶ εὐθὺς ἐπεχείρησαν διαφορῆσαι τἄνδοθεν scarcely or no sooner had misfortune befallen me when, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιτε, with participle present, express a strong exhortation or urgent command, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιτε τὴν ταχίστην ὀπίσω ἀπαλλασσόμενοι you could not be too quick in departing, i.e. make haste and be off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ φθάνοιτ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἄν θνῄσκοντες make haste and die, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀγορὰν ἰὼν ταχέως οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; these phrases are not to be treated as questions, compare οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιμι (i.e. λέγων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle aorist, once in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV.2.b) in [Refs]shall hear in a moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι τὸ πλῆθος τούτοις τοῖς θηρίοις δουλεῦον will soon (or inevitably) be enslaved to, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also to express what is logically inevitable, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιεν αὐτοὺς προσκυνοῦντες they will soon be (or cannot logically help) worshipping them, Aristeas 137; τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἐγκαλῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with participle aorist, [Refs]

Greek

Verb

to be beforehand, i.e. anticipate or precede; by extension, to have arrived at; (already) attain, come, prevent; apparently a primary verb