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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 48 times in 48 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - gaudete et exultate quoniam merces vestra copiosa est in caelis sic enim persecuti sunt prophetas qui fuerunt ante vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - nolite ergo adsimilari eis scit enim Pater vester quibus opus sit vobis antequam petatis eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - et ecce clamaverunt dicentes quid nobis et tibi Fili Dei venisti huc ante tempus torquere nos

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - hic enim est de quo scriptum est ecce ego mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam qui praeparabit viam tuam ante te

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38 - sicut enim erant in diebus ante diluvium comedentes et bibentes nubentes et nuptum tradentes usque ad eum diem quo introivit in arcam Noe

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:2 - sicut scriptum est in Esaia propheta ecce mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam qui praeparabit viam tuam

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:76

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 - et tu puer propheta Altissimi vocaberis praeibis enim ante faciem Domini parare vias eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - et postquam consummati sunt dies octo ut circumcideretur vocatum est nomen eius Iesus quod vocatum est ab angelo priusquam in utero conciperetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27 - hic est de quo scriptum est ecce mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam qui praeparabit viam tuam ante te

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - et misit nuntios ante conspectum suum et euntes intraverunt in civitatem Samaritanorum ut pararent illi

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - post haec autem designavit Dominus et alios septuaginta duos et misit illos binos ante faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum quo erat ipse venturus

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - Pharisaeus autem coepit intra se reputans dicere quare non baptizatus esset ante prandium

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - sed ante haec omnia inicient vobis manus suas et persequentur tradentes in synagogas et custodias trahentes ad reges et praesides propter nomen meum

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - et ait illis desiderio desideravi hoc pascha manducare vobiscum antequam patiar

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - dicit ei Nathanahel unde me nosti respondit Iesus et dixit ei priusquam te Philippus vocaret cum esses sub ficu vidi te

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - respondit ei languidus Domine hominem non habeo ut cum turbata fuerit aqua mittat me in piscinam dum venio enim ego alius ante me descendit

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - omnes quotquot venerunt fures sunt et latrones sed non audierunt eos oves

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - proximum autem erat pascha Iudaeorum et ascenderunt multi Hierosolyma de regione ante pascha ut sanctificarent se ipsos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Iesus ergo ante sex dies paschae venit Bethaniam ubi fuerat Lazarus mortuus quem suscitavit Iesus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - ante diem autem festum paschae sciens Iesus quia venit eius hora ut transeat ex hoc mundo ad Patrem cum dilexisset suos qui erant in mundo in finem dilexit eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - amodo dico vobis priusquam fiat ut credatis cum factum fuerit quia ego sum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - et nunc clarifica me tu Pater apud temet ipsum claritatem quam habui priusquam mundus esset apud te

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - Pater quos dedisti mihi volo ut ubi ego sum et illi sint mecum ut videant claritatem meam quam dedisti mihi quia dilexisti me ante constitutionem mundi

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23 - dicentes carcerem quidem invenimus clausum cum omni diligentia et custodes stantes ad ianuas aperientes autem neminem intus invenimus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - ante hos enim dies extitit Theodas dicens esse se aliquem cui consensit virorum numerus circiter quadringentorum qui occisus est et omnes quicumque credebant ei dissipati sunt et redactus est ad nihilum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - cum autem producturus eum esset Herodes in ipsa nocte erat Petrus dormiens inter duos milites vinctus catenis duabus et custodes ante ostium custodiebant carcerem

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - et ut cognovit vocem Petri prae gaudio non aperuit ianuam sed intro currens nuntiavit stare Petrum ante ianuam

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - praedicante Iohanne ante faciem adventus eius baptismum paenitentiae omni populo Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - [Vulgate 14:12] sacerdos quoque Iovis qui erat ante civitatem tauros et coronas ante ianuas adferens cum populis volebat sacrificare

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - nonne tu es Aegyptius qui ante hos dies tumultum concitasti et eduxisti in desertum quattuor milia virorum sicariorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - nunc ergo vos notum facite tribuno cum concilio ut producat illum ad vos tamquam aliquid certius cognituri de eo nos vero priusquam adpropiet parati sumus interficere illum

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - salutate Andronicum et Iuniam cognatos et concaptivos meos qui sunt nobiles in apostolis qui et ante me fuerunt in Christo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - sed loquimur Dei sapientiam in mysterio quae abscondita est quam praedestinavit Deus ante saecula in gloriam nostram

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - itaque nolite ante tempus iudicare quoadusque veniat Dominus qui et inluminabit abscondita tenebrarum et manifestabit consilia cordium et tunc laus erit unicuique a Deo

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - scio hominem in Christo ante annos quattuordecim sive in corpore nescio sive extra corpus nescio Deus scit raptum eiusmodi usque ad tertium caelum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:17 - neque veni Hierosolyma ad antecessores meos apostolos sed abii in Arabiam et iterum reversus sum Damascum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - prius enim quam venirent quidam ab Iacobo cum gentibus edebat cum autem venissent subtrahebat et segregabat se timens eos qui ex circumcisione erant

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 - prius autem quam veniret fides sub lege custodiebamur conclusi in eam fidem quae revelanda erat

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem ut essemus sancti et inmaculati in conspectu eius in caritate

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - et ipse est ante omnes et omnia in ipso constant

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - qui nos liberavit et vocavit vocatione sancta non secundum opera nostra sed secundum propositum suum et gratiam quae data est nobis in Christo Iesu ante tempora saecularia

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - festina ante hiemem venire salutat te Eubulus et Pudens et Linus et Claudia et fratres omnes

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in spem vitae aeternae quam promisit qui non mentitur Deus ante tempora saecularia

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - fide Enoch translatus est ne videret mortem et non inveniebatur quia transtulit illum Deus ante translationem enim testimonium habebat placuisse Deo

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - nolite ingemescere fratres in alterutrum ut non iudicemini ecce iudex ante ianuam adsistit

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - ante omnia autem fratres mei nolite iurare neque per caelum neque per terram neque aliud quodcumque iuramentum sit autem vestrum est est non non uti non sub iudicio decidatis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - praecogniti quidem ante constitutionem mundi manifestati autem novissimis temporibus propter vos

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - ante omnia mutuam in vosmet ipsos caritatem continuam habentes quia caritas operit multitudinem peccatorum
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