STRONGS G4269:
πρόγονος,
προγονου,
ὁ (
προγίνομαι),
born before, older:
Homer, Odyssey 9, 221; plural
ancestors, Latin
majores (often so by Greek writings from
Pindar down):
ἀπό προγόνων, in the spirit and after the manner received from (my) forefathers (cf.
ἀπό, II. 2 d. aa., p. 59a bottom),
2 Timothy 1:3; used of a mother, grandparents, and (if such survive) great-grandparents,
1 Timothy 5:4 (
A. V. parents) (of surviving ancestors also in
Plato, legg. 11, p. 932 at the beginning).
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