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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 47 times in 47 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38 - For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:2 - As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27 - This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus replied, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Then you're not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' into the wilderness some time ago?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:17 - nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 - Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Make every effort to come before winter. Greetings to you from Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:25 - to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
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