πρό pro G4253

“before” — Dodson Greek Lexicon

Same root: Related words from the same root: 15 more words

Strong's Greek Dictionary (1890) says these words are built from one another, all going back to πρό pro (G4253). Each line says which source links it. Words with a prefix are listed with their main word, not with the prefix. Related words can still differ in meaning.

πρῶτος prōtos G4413 “first, before” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 157 verses
πρίν prin G4250 “formerly, before” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 13 verses
πρωΐ prōi G4404 “early in the morning, at dawn” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 12 verses
πρότερος proteros G4387 “former, before” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 6 verses
πρότερον proteron G4386 “formerly, before” built from πρότερος G4387 (per Strong's) in 5 verses
πόρρω porrō G4206 “far, far off” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 4 verses
πόρρωθεν porrōthen G4207 “from afar, far off” built from πόρρω G4206 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
πρωΐα prōia G4405 “early morning” built from πρωΐ G4404 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
πρωϊνός prōinos G4407 “belonging to the morning” built from πρωΐ G4404 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
πρῷρα prōra G4408 “the prow of a ship” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
πρηνής prēnēs G4248 “falling headlong” built from πρό G4253 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
πρώϊμος prōimos G4406 “dawning, early” built from πρωΐ G4404 (per Strong's) in 1 verse

All 16 words of this family (3 not shown here) →

Rendered in BSB as: before ×29, ahead of you ×3, at ×3, some time ago ×2, above ×2, before the ×1, on ahead ×1, ahead of him ×1, just before ×1, just outside ×1, on the way ×1, ago ×1, who came before ×1 (47 links)

Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?

Full definitions (source + licence)

Dodson Greek Lexicon [G4253]

(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.

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47 verse(s)

Matthew 5:12 rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.
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Matthew 6:8 be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
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Matthew 8:29 and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What — to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'
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Matthew 11:10 for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Matthew 24:38 for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,
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Mark 1:2 As it hath been written in the prophets, 'Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' —
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Luke 2:21 And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.
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Luke 7:27 this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;
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Luke 9:52 and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,
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Luke 10:1 And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,
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Luke 11:38 and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
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Luke 21:12 and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;
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Luke 22:15 and he said unto them, 'With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,
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John 1:48 Nathanael saith to him, 'Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip's calling thee — thou being under the fig-tree — I saw thee.'
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John 5:7 The ailing man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.'
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John 10:8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
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John 11:55 And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;
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John 12:1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;
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John 13:1 And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who [are] in the world — to the end he loved them.
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John 13:19 'From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he];
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John 17:5 'And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
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John 17:24 'Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.
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Acts 5:36 for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.
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Acts 12:6 and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,
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Acts 12:14 and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,
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Acts 13:24 John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;
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Acts 14:13 And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice,
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Acts 21:38 art not thou, then, the Egyptian who before these days made an uprising, and did lead into the desert the four thousand men of the assassins?'
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Acts 23:15 now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'
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Romans 16:7 salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.
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1 Corinthians 2:7 but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,
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1 Corinthians 4:5 so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.
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2 Corinthians 12:2 I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago — whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known — such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;
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Galatians 1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,
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Galatians 2:12 for before the coming of certain from James, with the nations he was eating, and when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision,
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Galatians 3:23 And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed,
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Ephesians 1:4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
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Colossians 1:17 and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.
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2 Timothy 1:9 who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,
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2 Timothy 4:21 be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
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Titus 1:2 upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,
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Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated — not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to — that he had pleased God well,
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James 5:9 murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
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James 5:12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
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1 Peter 1:20 foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,
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1 Peter 4:8 and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
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Jude 1:25 to the only wise God our Saviour, [is] glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.
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