πρό

G4253 G:PREP

before

πρό prep. with genitive, [in LXX chiefly for פָּנִים ;] before ; __(a) of place : Act.12:6, 14 14:13 , Jas.5:9 ; π. προσώπου (= Heb. פָּנִים, Deu.3:18 , Mal.3:1 , al.; Bl., § 40, 9), Mat.11:10 , Mrk.1:2 , Luk.1:76 7:27 9:52 10:1 , Act.14:13 ; __(b) of time : Mat.8:29 24:38 , Luk.11:38 21:12 , Jhn.11:55 13:1 17:24 , Act.5:36 21:38 , 1Co.2:7 4:5 , Eph.1:4 , Col.1:17 , 2Ti.1:9 4:21 , Tit.1:2 , Heb.11:5 , 1Pe.1:20 , Ju 25 ; π. ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων, fourteen years ago, 2Co.12:2; π. προσώπου (see supr.), Act.13:24; with genitive of person(s), Mat.5:12 , Jhn.5:7 10:8 , Rom.16:7 , Gal.1:17 ; with genitive art. inf. (= πρίν; M, Pr. , 100; Bl., § 69, 7), Mat.6:8 Luk.2:21 22:15 , Jhn.1:49 13:19 17:5 , Act.23:15 , Gal.2:12 3:23 ; as in late writers (resembling a Latin idiom but indepen­dent of it; B1., § 40, 5; M, Pr. , 100 f.; of. Am 2Ma.15:36 , and for other exx., Soph., Lex. , see word), πρὸ ἓξ ἡμέρας τοῦ πάσχα, on the sixth day before the Passover, Jhn.12:1; __(with) of preference : π. πάντων, Jas.5:12 , 1Pe.4:8 ; __(d) in compos., __α with subst., of position before: προαύλιον, πρόδρομος; priority of rank or order, προπάτωρ; anticipation, πρό γνωσις, πρό νοια; __β with adj., intensity, πρόδηλος; __γ with verb., of place, προάγω, προβαίνω; of preference, προαιρέομαι.† (AS)