G4387
πρότερος
before
A. Compar., πρότερος, -α, -ον, [in LXX for רִאשׁוֹן ,לִפָנִים, etc. ;] before, of time, place, rank, etc.; in NT always of Time, before, former: Eph.4:22. Adverbially, πρότερον, before, aforetime, formerly: Jhn.7:50, 2Co.1:15, Heb.4:6; opposite to ἔπειτα, Heb.7:27; τὸ π., Jhn.6:62 9:8, Gal.4:13, 1Ti.1:13; αἱ π. ἡμέραι, Heb.10:32; αἱ π. ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe.1:14.† (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
πρότερος — próteros
πρότερος, πρότερα, πρότερον (comparitive of πρό) (from Homer down), before, prior; of time, former: ἡ πρότερα ἀναστροφή, Eph 4:22. Neuter adverbially, before (something else is or was done): Joh 7:51 R G; 2Co 1:15; opposed to ἔπειτα, Heb 7:27; before, i. e. aforetime, in time past: Joh 7:50 (L Tr WH); Heb 4:6; and R G in 1Ti 1:13; also τό πρότερον (contrasting rite past with the present (cf. πάλαι, 1 at the end)), Joh 6:62; Joh 9:8, and L T Tr WH in 1Ti 1:13 (1Ma 3:46 1Ma 5:1 1Ma 11:34; 1Ma 11:39; Deu 2:12; Jos 11:10; Herodotus 7, 75; Xenophon, Plato); equivalent to our the first time, Gal 4:13 (on which cf. Meyer); it is placed between the article and the noun, as αἱ πρότερον ἡμέραι, the former days, Heb 10:32; αἱ πρότερον ἐπιθυμίαι, the lusts which you formerly indulged, 1Pe 1:14.
6 occurrences
John (3), II Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1)