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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 48 times in 48 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Therefore be ye not like them: for your Father knoweth what things ye need before ye ask him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - For this is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38 - For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:2 - As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:76

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, who was so named 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 he, concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - And sent messengers before his face: and they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city, and place, whither he himself would come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all these they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

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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 saith to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is agitated, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - Now I tell you before it cometh, that when it hath come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thy ownself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given to me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given to me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23 - Saying, The prison truly we found shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - For before these days rose Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to naught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - John having first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - Then the priest of Jupiter, who was before their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Art not thou that Egyptian, who before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, before he shall come near, are ready to kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Salute Andronicus and Junia my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world to our glory:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such one caught up to the third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:17 - Neither did I go to Jerusalem to them who were apostles before me: but I went into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - For before that certain came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles: but when they had come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 - But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity will cover a multitude of sins.
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