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Strong's G4253 · Greek

πρό

pro · pro

a primary preposition; "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πρό (G4253)

47 πρό , prep. c. gen., [in LXX chiefly for לִפְנֵי ;] before ; of place: Ac 12:6 , 14 14:13 , Ja 5:9 ; π. προσώπου (= Heb. לִפְנֵי , De 3:18 , Ma 3:1 , al.; Bl., § 40, 9), Mt 11:10 , Mk 1:2 , Lk 1:76 7:27 9:52 10:1 , Ac 14:13 ; of time: Mt 8:29 24:38 , Lk 11:38 21:12 , Jo 11:55 13:1 17:24 , Ac 5:36 21:38 , I Co 2:7 4:5 , Eph 1:4 , Col 1:17 , II Ti 1:9 4:21 , Tit 1:2 , He 11:5 , I Pe 1:20 , Ju 25 ; π. ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων , fourteen years ago , II Co 12:2 ; π. προσώπου (v. supr.), Ac 13:24 ; c. gen. pers., Mt 5:12 , Jo 5:7 10:8 , Ro 16:7 , Ga 1:17 ; c. gen. art. inf. (= πρίν ; M, Pr. , 100; Bl., § 69, 7), Mt 6:8 , Lk 2:21 22:15 , Jo 1:49 13:19 17:5 , Ac 23:15 , Ga 2:12 3:23 ; as in late writers (resembling a Latin idiom but independent of it; B1., § 40, 5; M, Pr. , 100 f.; cf. Am 1:1 , II Mac 15:36 , and for other exx., Soph., Lex. , s.v.), πρὸ ἓξ ἡμέρας τοῦ πασχα , on the sixth day bef. the Passover , Jo 12:1 ; of preference: π. πάντων , Ja 5:12 , I Pe 4:8 ; in compos., c. subst., of position before: προαύλιον , πρόδρομος ; priority of rank or order, προπάτωρ ; anticipation, πρόγνωσις , πρόνοια ; c. adj., intensity, πρόδηλος ; c. verb., of place, προάγω , προβαίνω ; of preference, προαιρέομαι .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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