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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - They began screaming at him, “Why are you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before God’s appointed time?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,
‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way before you.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38 - In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:2 - just as the prophet Isaiah had written:
“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:21 - Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27 - John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,
‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way before you.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:1 - The Lord now chose seventy-two[fn] other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - “But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me[fn] were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:19 - I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I AM the Messiah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:5 - Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - Some time ago there was that fellow Theudas, who pretended to be someone great. About 400 others joined him, but he was killed, and all his followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:14 - When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the door, she ran back inside and told everyone, “Peter is standing at the door!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:13 - Now the temple of Zeus was located just outside the town. So the priest of the temple and the crowd brought bulls and wreaths of flowers to the town gates, and they prepared to offer sacrifices to the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:38 - “Aren’t you the Egyptian who led a rebellion some time ago and took 4,000 members of the Assassins out into the desert?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:15 - So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Greet Andronicus and Junia,[fn] my fellow Jews,[fn] who were in prison with me. They are highly respected among the apostles and became followers of Christ before I did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:7 - No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God[fn]—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I[fn] was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don’t know—only 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 consult with those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away into Arabia, and later I returned to the city of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:12 - When he first arrived, he ate with the Gentile Christians, who were not circumcised. But afterward, when some friends of James came, Peter wouldn’t eat with the Gentiles anymore. He was afraid of criticism from these people who insisted on the necessity of circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 - Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:4 - Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:17 - He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:9 - For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[fn] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:9 - Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But most of all, my brothers and sisters, never take an oath, by heaven or earth or anything else. Just say a simple yes or no, so that you will not sin and be condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:20 - God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but he has now revealed him to you in these last days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:8 - Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:25 - All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.
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