πρό pro

Greek word for “before” · Strong’s G4253 · used 47 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

πρό; prep. with genitive;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pro in context, with how often each is used:

• before 41
• before the 3
• just outside 1
• ago 1
• above 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 13 (2), John 17 (2), Acts 12 (2), James 5 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 1 (1)

Forms

• πρὸ 43
• Πρὸ 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pro more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πρόσωπον prosōpon “face” 6
• πάσχα pascha “Passover lamb” 4
• ἀποστέλλω apostellō “to send” 5
• κατασκευάζω kataskeuazō “to prepare” 3
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 5
• καταβολή katabolē “beginning” 3
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 5
• ἰδού idou “look!” 5
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 4
• δόξα doxa “glory” 4
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 5
• χρόνος chronos “time” 3

Key verses

The verses using pro that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• Matthew 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
• Luke 21:12 — But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings…
• John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own…
• John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me…
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• 2 Corinthians 12:2 — I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one…
• Ephesians 1:4 — According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• 2 Timothy 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ…
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• 1 Peter 1:20 — Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• Jude 1:25 — To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.