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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 is great 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 - Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - This is he of whom it is written,
“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
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 the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when 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,[fn]
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given 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 of whom it is written,
“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
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 ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[fn] others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought 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 I suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before 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 one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from 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 - Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore 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 the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to 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 - I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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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, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - Before his coming, John had proclaimed 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 at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up 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 - Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Greet Andronicus and Junia,[fn] my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,[fn] and they were in Christ before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation 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 was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.

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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 me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 - Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless 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 in him all things hold together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - who saved us and called us to[fn] a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:21 - Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since 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, dominion, and authority, before all time[fn] and now and forever. Amen.
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