Original Word: προκοπή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: prokopé
Pronunciation: pro-ko-PAY
Phonetic Spelling: (prok-op-ay')
KJV: furtherance, profit
NASB: progress
Word Origin: [from G4298 (προκόπτω - advancing)]

1. progress, i.e. advancement (subjectively or objectively)

progress, furtherance, profit.

From prokopto; progress, i.e. Advancement (subjectively or objectively) -- furtherance, profit.

see GREEK prokopto

4297 prokopḗ (from 4253 /pró, "in front of" and 2875 /kóptō, "cut, chop down") – properly, advance (progress) – literally, "advancement by chopping down whatever impedes progress"; furtherance.

For the believer, this means going forward in sanctification, cutting through obstacles by the Lord's power.

[This root (prokop-) is also used in antiquity of pioneers and armies – clearing away (chopping down) forests in order to reach their destination.]

Word Origin
from prokoptó
Definition
progress
NASB Translation
progress (3).STRONGS NT 4297: προκοπή

προκοπή, προκοπης, ἡ (προκόπτω, which see), progress, advancement: Philippians 1:12, 25; 1 Timothy 4:15. (Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Philo, others; rejected by the Atticists, cf. Phrynich. edition Lob., p. 85; (Sir. 2:17; 2 Macc. 8:8).)

Philippians 1:12 N-AFS
GRK: μᾶλλον εἰς προκοπὴν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
NAS: out for the greater progress of the gospel,
KJV: unto the furtherance of the gospel;
INT: really to [the] advancement of the gospel

Philippians 1:25 N-AFS
GRK: τὴν ὑμῶν προκοπὴν καὶ χαρὰν
NAS: with you all for your progress and joy
KJV: for your furtherance and joy
INT: your progress and joy

1 Timothy 4:15 N-NFS
GRK: σου ἡ προκοπὴ φανερὰ ᾖ
NAS: be [absorbed] in them, so that your progress will be evident
KJV: that thy profiting may appear
INT: your progress manifest might be

Strong's Greek 4297
3 Occurrences

προκοπὴ — 1 Occ.
προκοπὴν — 2 Occ.