Strong's 4253: πρό
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;
; 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, Latinante 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); ; 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 (Latinporro), 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.)
Strong's Greek: 4253. πρό (pro) — 47 Occurrences
Matthew 5:12 - Prep
GRK: προφήτας τοὺς πρὸ ὑμῶν
NAS: the prophets who were before you.
KJV: the prophets which were before you.
INT: prophets who [were] before you
Matthew 6:8 - Prep
GRK: χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς
NAS: what you need before you ask Him.
KJV: ye have need of, before ye ask
INT: need you have before you
Matthew 8:29 - Prep
GRK: ἦλθες ὧδε πρὸ καιροῦ βασανίσαι
NAS: here to torment us before the time?
KJV: to torment us before the time?
INT: are you come here before [the] time to torment
Matthew 11:10 - Prep
GRK: ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου
KJV: my messenger before thy face,
INT: messenger of me before [the] face of you
Matthew 24:38 - Prep
GRK: ἐκείναις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ
NAS: days before the flood
KJV: that were before the flood
INT: those before the flood
Mark 1:2 - Prep
GRK: ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου
NAS: MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO
KJV: my messenger before thy face,
INT: messenger of me before face of you
Luke 2:21 - Prep
GRK: τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι
NAS: by the angel before He was conceived
KJV: of the angel before he was conceived
INT: the angel before was conceived
Luke 7:27 - Prep
GRK: ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου
NAS: MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO
KJV: my messenger before thy face,
INT: messenger of me before [the] face of you
Luke 9:52 - Prep
GRK: ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ
NAS: messengers on ahead of Him, and they went
KJV: sent messengers before his face:
INT: he sent messengers before [the] face of him
Luke 10:1 - Prep
GRK: δύο δύο πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ
NAS: them in pairs ahead of Him to every
KJV: two and two before his face
INT: pairs [by] pairs before [the] face of himself
Luke 11:38 - Prep
GRK: πρῶτον ἐβαπτίσθη πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου
NAS: ceremonially washed before the meal.
KJV: first washed before dinner.
INT: first he washed before the dinner
Luke 21:12 - Prep
GRK: πρὸ δὲ τούτων
NAS: But before all these things,
KJV: But before all these,
INT: Before however these things
Luke 22:15 - Prep
GRK: μεθ' ὑμῶν πρὸ τοῦ με
NAS: Passover with you before I suffer;
KJV: with you before I suffer:
INT: with you before I
John 1:48 - Prep
GRK: εἶπεν αὐτῷ Πρὸ τοῦ σε
NAS: and said to him, Before Philip
KJV: unto him, Before that Philip
INT: said to him Before that you
John 5:7 - Prep
GRK: ἐγὼ ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει
NAS: another steps down before me.
KJV: another steppeth down before me.
INT: I another before me descends
John 10:8 - Prep
GRK: ὅσοι ἦλθον πρὸ ἐμοῦ κλέπται
NAS: came before Me are thieves
KJV: that ever came before me are
INT: who ever came before me thieves
John 11:55 - Prep
GRK: τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα
NAS: out of the country before the Passover
KJV: to Jerusalem before the passover,
INT: the region before the passover
John 12:1 - Prep
GRK: οὖν Ἰησοῦς πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν
NAS: six days before the Passover, came
KJV: six days before the passover came
INT: Therefore Jesus before six days
John 13:1 - Prep
GRK: ΠΡΟ ΔΕ ΤΗΣ
NAS: Now before the Feast of the Passover,
KJV: Now before the feast of the passover,
INT: before moreover the
John 13:19 - Prep
GRK: λέγω ὑμῖν πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι
NAS: on I am telling you before [it] comes
KJV: I tell you before it come, that,
INT: I tell you before it comes to pass
John 17:5 - Prep
GRK: ᾗ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν
NAS: I had with You before the world
KJV: with thee before the world was.
INT: which I had before the
John 17:24 - Prep
GRK: ἠγάπησάς με πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου
NAS: Me, for You loved Me before the foundation
KJV: me before the foundation
INT: you loved me before [the] foundation of [the] world
Acts 5:36 - Prep
GRK: πρὸ γὰρ τούτων
NAS: For some time ago Theudas rose
KJV: For before these days
INT: before indeed these
Acts 12:6 - Prep
GRK: φύλακές τε πρὸ τῆς θύρας
NAS: and guards in front of the door
KJV: and the keepers before the door kept
INT: guards also before the door
Acts 12:14 - Prep
GRK: τὸν Πέτρον πρὸ τοῦ πυλῶνος
NAS: was standing in front of the gate.
KJV: Peter stood before the gate.
INT: Peter before the gate
Acts 13:24 - Prep
GRK: προκηρύξαντος Ἰωάννου πρὸ προσώπου τῆς
NAS: had proclaimed before His coming
KJV: had first preached before his
INT: having before proclaimed John before [the] face the
Acts 14:13 - Prep
GRK: τοῦ ὄντος πρὸ τῆς πόλεως
NAS: of Zeus, whose [temple] was just outside the city,
KJV: which was before their city,
INT: who was before the city
Acts 21:38 - Prep
GRK: Αἰγύπτιος ὁ πρὸ τούτων τῶν
NAS: time ago stirred up a revolt
KJV: that Egyptian, which before these
INT: Egyptian who before these the
Acts 23:15 - Prep
GRK: ἡμεῖς δὲ πρὸ τοῦ ἐγγίσαι
NAS: to slay him before he comes near
KJV: and we, or ever he come near,
INT: we moreover before drawing near
Romans 16:7 - Prep
GRK: οἳ καὶ πρὸ ἐμοῦ γέγοναν
NAS: also were in Christ before me.
KJV: in Christ before me.
INT: who also before me were
1 Corinthians 2:7 - Prep
GRK: ὁ θεὸς πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων
NAS: predestined before the ages
KJV: God ordained before the world unto
INT: God before the ages
1 Corinthians 4:5 - Prep
GRK: ὥστε μὴ πρὸ καιροῦ τι
NAS: do not go on passing judgment before the time,
KJV: judge nothing before the time, until
INT: So that not before [the] time anything
2 Corinthians 12:2 - Prep
GRK: ἐν Χριστῷ πρὸ ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων
NAS: years ago-- whether
KJV: fourteen years ago, (whether in
INT: in Christ ago years fourteen
Galatians 1:17 - Prep
GRK: πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀποστόλους
NAS: who were apostles before me; but I went away
KJV: them which were apostles before me;
INT: to those [who were] before me apostles
Galatians 2:12 - Prep
GRK: πρὸ τοῦ γὰρ
NAS: For prior to the coming of certain men
KJV: For before that certain came
INT: prior indeed
Galatians 3:23 - Prep
GRK: Πρὸ τοῦ δὲ
NAS: But before faith came,
KJV: But before faith came,
INT: before moreover
Ephesians 1:4 - Prep
GRK: ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου
NAS: as He chose us in Him before the foundation
KJV: him before the foundation
INT: in him before [the] foundation of [the] world
Colossians 1:17 - Prep
GRK: αὐτὸς ἔστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ
NAS: He is before all
KJV: he is before all things, and
INT: he is before all and
2 Timothy 1:9 - Prep
GRK: Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων
KJV: Christ Jesus before the world began,
INT: Christ Jesus before time eternal
2 Timothy 4:21 - Prep
GRK: Σπούδασον πρὸ χειμῶνος ἐλθεῖν
NAS: to come before winter.
KJV: to come before winter.
INT: Be earnest before winter to come
Titus 1:2 - Prep
GRK: ἀψευδὴς θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων
NAS: promised long ages ago,
KJV: promised before the world
INT: who cannot lie God before time eternal
Hebrews 11:5 - Prep
GRK: ὁ θεός πρὸ γὰρ τῆς
NAS: HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken
KJV: him: for before his translation
INT: God before indeed the
James 5:9 - Prep
GRK: ὁ κριτὴς πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν
NAS: is standing right at the door.
KJV: the judge standeth before the door.
INT: the judge before the doors
James 5:12 - Prep
GRK: Πρὸ πάντων δέ
NAS: But above all, my brethren,
KJV: But above all things, my
INT: Before all things however
1 Peter 1:20 - Prep
GRK: προεγνωσμένου μὲν πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου
NAS: For He was foreknown before the foundation
KJV: was foreordained before the foundation
INT: having been foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world
1 Peter 4:8 - Prep
GRK: πρὸ πάντων τὴν
NAS: Above all, keep
KJV: And above all things have
INT: before all things
Jude 1:25 - Prep
GRK: καὶ ἐξουσία πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ
NAS: and authority, before all
INT: and authority before all
