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Lexicon :: Strong's G4250 - prin

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πρίν
Transliteration
prin (Key)
Pronunciation
prin
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
13x in 1 unique form(s) TR
14x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
28x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πρίν prín, prin; adverb from G4253; prior, sooner:—before (that), ere.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G4250 in the following manner: before (11x), before that (2x), ere (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G4250 in the following manner: before (11x), before that (2x), ere (1x).

  1. before, formerly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρίν prín, prin; adverb from G4253; prior, sooner:—before (that), ere.
STRONGS G4250:
πρίν ((according to Curtius, § 380 comparitive προιον, προιν, πρίν)), as in Greek writings from Homer down:
1. an adverb previously,formerly (cf. πάλαι, 1): 3Macc. 5:28 3Macc. 6:4, 31; but never so in the N. T.
2. with the force of a conjunction, before, before that: with an accusative and aorist infinitive of things past (cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 6 at the end; Buttmann, § 142, 3); πρίν Ἀβραάμ γενέσθαι, before Abraham existed, came into being, John 8:58; also πρίν ἤ (cf. Meyer on Matthew 1:18), Matthew 1:18; (Acts 7:2); with an aorist infinitive haying the force of the Latin future perfect, of things future (cf. Winer's Grammar, 332 (311)): πρίν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι, before the cock shall have crowed, Matthew 26:34, 75; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:61; add, John 4:49; John 14:29; also πρίν ἤ, Mark 14:30; Acts 2:20 (where L T Tr WH text omit ἤ); πρίν ἤ, preceded by a negative sentence (Buttmann, § 139, 35), with the aorist subjunctive having the force of a future perfect in Latin (Buttmann, 231 (199)), Luke 2:26 (R G L T Tr marginal reading, but WH brackets ἤ), and R G in Luke 22:34; πρίν ἤ, followed by the optative of a thing as entertained in thought, Acts 25:16 (Winers Grammar, 297 (279); Buttmann, 230 (198)). Cf. Matthiae, § 522, 2, p. 1201f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. § 139, 41; Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 720ff; Winers Grammar (and Buttmann), as above.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:18; 1:18; 26:34; 26:75
Mark
14:30; 14:72
Luke
2:26; 22:34; 22:61
John
4:49; 8:58; 14:29
Acts
2:20; 7:2; 25:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4250 matches the Greek πρίν (prin),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the person who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the LORD, where the ark of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - As soon as you enter the town, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not begin eating until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward, those who are invited will eat. Go up now; you should find him about this time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Don’t you see how this murderer is sending someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:7 - Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like figs ripe before harvest— as soon as people see them and take them in hand, they swallow them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:24 - When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:22 - Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the LORD was on me, and he opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:5 - “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
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