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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, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before G4253 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “Therefore, do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before G4253 you ask Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - And behold, they cried out, saying, “[fn]What do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before G4253 the [fn]time?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - “This is the one about whom it [fn]is written,

‘BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER [fn]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 as in those days before G4253 the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that 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:

“BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER [fn]AHEAD G4253 OF YOU,

WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 -

And when eight days were fulfilled so that they could circumcise Him, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before G4253 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,

‘BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER [fn]AHEAD G4253 OF YOU,

WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - and He sent messengers on ahead G4253 of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to [fn]make arrangements for Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 -

Now after this the Lord appointed [fn]seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead G4253 of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - But when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first [fn]ceremonially washed before G4253 the [fn]meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 -

“But before G4253 all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, [fn]bringing you before kings and governors 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 G4253 I suffer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael *said to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before G4253 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 man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before G4253 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - “All who came before G4253 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 -

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the region before G4253 the Passover to purify themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 -

Jesus, therefore, six days before G4253 the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 -

Now before G4253 the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [fn]to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - “From now on I am telling you before G4253 it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - “Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before G4253 the world was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before G4253 the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - “For some time ago G4253 Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. [fn]But he was killed, and all who [fn]were following him were dispersed and came to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

Now on [fn]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front G4253 of the door were watching over the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - And when she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate. But she ran in and reported that Peter was standing in front G4253 of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - after John had preached before G4253 [fn]His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was [fn]just G4253 outside G4253 the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and was wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - “Then you are not the Egyptian who some [fn]time ago G4253 raised a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - “So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more carefully; and we for our part are ready to slay him before G4253 he comes near.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 -

Greet Andronicus and [fn]Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding to the apostles, who also [fn]were in Christ before G4253 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God predestined before G4253 the ages to our glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore do not go on [fn]passing judgment before G4253 [fn]the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and make manifest the motives of hearts. And then each one’s praise will come to him 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 G4253—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man 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 those who were apostles before G4253 me, but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - For prior G4253 to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, fearing [fn]the party of the circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 -

But before G4253 faith came, we were held in custody under the Law, being shut up for the coming faith to be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - just as He chose us in Him before G4253 the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before [fn]Him in love,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 -

And He [fn]is before G4253 all things,

And in Him all things [fn]hold together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - who has 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 from all eternity,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Be diligent to come before G4253 winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in the hope of eternal life, which the God who cannot lie promised [fn]from all eternity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for prior G4253 to being taken up, he was approved as being pleasing to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not groan, brothers, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing [fn]right G4253 at the [fn]door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 -

But above G4253 all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let [fn]your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was foreknown before G4253 the foundation of the world, but appeared [fn]in these last times for the sake of you

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Above G4253 all, keep fervent in your love for one another, 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, might, and authority, before G4253 all time and now and [fn]forever. Amen.
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