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Lexicon :: Strong's G4253 - pro

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πρό
Transliteration
pro (Key)
Pronunciation
pro
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary preposition
mGNT
47x in 1 unique form(s) TR
48x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
189x in 1 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 6:683,935

Strong’s Definitions

πρό pró, pro; a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to:—above, ago, before, or ever.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's G4253 in the following manner: before (44x), above (2x), above ... ago (1x), or ever (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's G4253 in the following manner: before (44x), above (2x), above ... ago (1x), or ever (1x).

  1. before

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρό pró, pro; a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to:—above, ago, before, or ever.
STRONGS G4253:
πρό, a preposition followed by the genitive (Latin pro) (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for לִפְנֵי, before; used
a. of place: πρό τῶν θυρῶν, τῆς θύρας, etc., Acts 5:23 R G; Acts 12:6,14; 14:13; James 5:9; by a Hebraism, πρό προσώπου with the genitive of a person before (the face of) one (who is following) (Buttmann, 319 (274)): Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76; Luke 7:27; Luke 9:52; Luke 10:1 (Malachi 3:1; Zechariah 14:20; Deuteronomy 3:18).
b. of Time: πρό τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, Acts 5:36; Acts 21:38; (πρό τοῦ πάσχα, John 11:55); according to a later Greek idiom, πρό ἕξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα, properly, before six days reckoning from the Passover, which is equivalent to ἕξ ἡμέρας πρό τοῦ πάσχα, on the sixth day before the Passover, John 12:1 (πρό δύο ἐτῶν τοῦ σεισμοῦ, Amos 1:1; πρό μιᾶς ἡμέρας τῆς Μαρδοχαϊκῆς ἡμέρας, 2 Macc. 15:36; examples from secular writings are cited by Winers Grammar, 557 (518); (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 11); from ecclesiastical writings by Hilgenfeld, Die Evangelien etc., pp. 298, 302; also his Paschastreit der alten Kirche, p. 221f; (cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word πρό, 1 and 2)); (πρό τῆς ἑορτῆς, John 13:1); πρό καιροῦ, Matthew 8:29; 1 Corinthians 4:5; τῶν αἰώνων, 1 Corinthians 2:7; παντός τοῦ αἰῶνος, Jude 1:25 L T Tr WH; ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων, (fourteen years ago), 2 Corinthians 12:2; add, 2 Timothy 1:9; 2 Timothy 4:21; Titus 1:2; τοῦ ἀρίστου, Luke 11:38; κατακλυσμοῦ, Matthew 24:38; πρό τῆς μεταθέσεως, Hebrews 11:5; πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου, John 17:24; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20; πρό πάντων, prior to all created things, Colossians 1:17; (πρό τούτων πάντων (Rev. ἁπάντων), Luke 21:12); by a Hebraism, πρό προσώπου with the genitive of a thing is used of time for the simple πρό (Winers Grammar, § 65, 4b.; (Buttmann, 319 (274))), Acts 13:24 ((literally, before the face of his entering in)). πρό with the genitive of a person: John 5:7; John 10:8 (not Tdf.); Romans 16:7; οἱ πρό τίνος, those that existed before one, Matthew 5:12; with a predicate nominative added, Galatians 1:17. πρό with the genitive of an infinitive that has the article, Latin ante quam (before, before that) followed by a finite verb (Buttmann, § 140, 11; Winer's Grammar, 329 (309)): Matthew 6:8; Luke 2:21; Luke 22:15; John 1:48 (49); John 13:19; 17:5; Acts 23:15; Galatians 2:12; Galatians 3:23.
c. of superiority or pre-eminence (Winer's Grammar, 372 (349)): πρό πάντων, above all things, James 5:12; 1 Peter 4:8.
d. In Composition, πρό marks
α. place: προαύλιον; motion forward (Latin porro), προβαίνω, προβάλλω, etc.; before another who follows, in advance, προάγω, πρόδρομος, προπέρμπω, προτρέχω, etc.; in public view, openly, πρόδηλος, πρόκειμαι.
β. time: before this, previously, προαμαρτάνω; in reference to the time of an occurrence, beforehand, in advance, προβλέπω, προγινώσκω, προθέσμιος, πρωρίζω, etc.
γ. superiority or preference: προαιρέομαι. (Cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 658.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
3:18
Amos
1:1
Zechariah
14:20
Malachi
3:1
Matthew
5:12; 6:8; 8:29; 11:10; 24:38
Mark
1:2
Luke
1:76; 2:21; 7:27; 9:52; 10:1; 11:38; 21:12; 22:15
John
1:48; 5:7; 10:8; 11:55; 12:1; 13:1; 13:19; 17:5; 17:24
Acts
5:23; 5:36; 12:6; 12:14; 13:24; 14:13; 21:38; 23:15
Romans
16:7
1 Corinthians
2:7; 4:5
2 Corinthians
12:2
Galatians
1:17; 2:12; 3:23
Ephesians
1:4
Colossians
1:17
2 Timothy
1:9; 4:21
Titus
1:2
Hebrews
11:5
James
5:9; 5:12
1 Peter
1:20; 4:8
Jude
1:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4253 matches the Greek πρό (pro),
which occurs 189 times in 171 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 2:5–Deu 6:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and the same [fn]the brother of Abraam, came forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 - And these are the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - And Israel said, It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive, I will go and see him before I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - Now then thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasse, as Ruben and Symeon they shall be mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:16 - And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in [fn]former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - And the people took their dough before their [fn]meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - And it shall be to thee a sign upon thy hand and a memorial before thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought thee out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:16 - And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and immovable before thine eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - Behold, I stand there before thou come, on the rock in Choreb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - (LXX 22:25) And if thou take thy neighbour's garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:20 - And, behold, I send my angel before thy face, that he may keep thee in the way, that he may bring thee into the land which I have prepared for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - And now go, descend, and lead this people into the place of which I spoke to thee: behold, my angel shall go before thy face; and in the day when I shall visit I will bring upon them their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - And I will send at the same time my angel before thy face, and he shall cast out the Amorite and the Chettite, and the Pherezite and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and Chananite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:6 - And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, longsuffering and very compassionate, and true,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - Do thou take heed to all things whatsoever I command thee: behold, I cast out before your face the Amorite and the Chananite and the Pherezite, and the Chettite, and Evite, and Gergesite and Jebusite:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For when I shall have cast out the nations before thy face, and shall have enlarged thy coasts, no one shall desire thy land, whenever thou mayest go up to appear before the Lord thy God, three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall afterwards know it, and so he should sin in some one of these things:—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and thus none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 - Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:28 - and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Chebron; and there was Achiman, and Sessi, and Thelami, the progeny of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:42 - Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:17 - who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:52 - And ye shall destroy all that dwell in the land before your face, and ye shall abolish their high places, and all their molten images ye shall destroy, and ye shall demolish all their pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:21 - behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:21 - A great nation and populous, and mightier than you, as also the Enakim: yet the Lord destroyed them from before them, and they inherited their land, and they dwelt there instead of them until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver before thee Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land, and do thou begin to inherit his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:33 - And the Lord our God delivered him before our face, and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:18 - And I charged you at that time, saying, The Lord your God has given you this land by lot; arm yourselves, every one that is powerful, and go before your brethren the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - And charge Joshua, and strengthen him, and encourage him; for he shall go before the face of this people, and he shall give them the inheritance of all the land which thou hast seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - to destroy nations [fn]great and stronger than thou before thy face, to bring thee in, to give thee their land to inherit, as thou hast it this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that the slayer might flee thither, who should have slain his neighbour unintentionally, and should not have hated him [fn]in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and live:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:7 - Thou shalt have no other gods before my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:8 - And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 - to chase all thine enemies from before thy face, as the Lord said.

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