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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 31 times in 28 verses in 'Deu' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:21 - ‘See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - ‘The LORD your God, who goes before you, will Himself fight for you, [fn]just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:21 - a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before [fn]them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - “And the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to turn Sihon and his land over [fn]to you. Begin taking possession, so that you may possess his land.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:33 - “And the LORD our God turned him over [fn]to us, and we [fn]defeated him with his sons and all his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:18 -

“Then I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘The LORD your God has given you this land to possess it; all you [fn]valiant men shall cross over armed ahead of your brothers, the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - ‘But commission Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go across [fn]leading this people, and he will give to them, as an inheritance, the land which you will see.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - for [fn]one to flee there who unintentionally killed his neighbor, without having hatred for him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:7 -

‘You shall have no other gods besides Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:8 - “You shall also tie them as a [fn]sign to your [fn]hand, and they shall be as [fn]frontlets [fn]on your forehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 - by driving out all your enemies from you, as the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:20 - “Like the nations that the LORD eliminates from you, so you shall perish, because you would not listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - “So be aware today that it is the LORD your God who is crossing over ahead of you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and eliminate them quickly, just as the LORD has spoken to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 -

“Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them away from [fn]you, ‘Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land.’ Rather, it is because of the [fn]wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:18 -

“You shall therefore take these words of mine to [fn]heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your [fn]hand, and they shall be as [fn]frontlets [fn]on your forehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 -

“Now this is the case of the one who commits manslaughter, who may flee there and live: when he [fn]kills his friend [fn]unintentionally, [fn]not hating him previously—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue [fn]him [fn]in the heat of his anger, and overtake him because the way is long, and [fn]take his life, though he was not sentenced to death since he had not hated him previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 -

“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs in it, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - “Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to save you and to [fn]defeat your enemies before you, your camp must be holy; so He must not see [fn]anything indecent among you [fn]or He will turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:7 -

“The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be [fn]defeated by you; they will go out against you one way and will flee at your presence seven ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:1 -

“So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have placed before you, and you [fn]call them to mind in all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:15 -

“See, I have placed before you today life and [fn]happiness, and death and [fn]adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 - “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your [fn]descendants,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:3 - “It is the LORD your God who is going to cross ahead of you; He Himself will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who is going to cross ahead of you, just as the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 -

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it will come about, when many evils and troubles find them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of their [fn]descendants); for I know their inclination which they are [fn]developing today, before I bring them into the land which I swore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:1 -

Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

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