Outrun

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1protrechoG4390

primarily, "to run forward" (pro, "forward" or "before," trecho, "to run"), is used with tachion, "more quickly," in Joh 20:4, "outran," RV (AV, "did outrun"), lit., "ran forward more quickly;" in Luk 19:4, "he ran on before," RV (AV, "ran before"). See RUN. In the Sept., 1Sa 8:11; in some texts, Job 41:13, "destruction runneth before him," in the Eng. versions, Job 41:22.