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