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πρό G4253
G4253 is the Greek word πρό, transliterated pró. The King James Version most often renders it before.
What it means
"fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to.
Where it comes from
a primary preposition.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 49 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: above, ago, before, or ever.
Verses using πρό
The first 40 of 48 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 5:12 · KJV
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matthew 6:8 · KJV
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 8:29 · KJV
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?
Matthew 11:10 · KJV
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Matthew 24:38 · KJV
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mark 1:2 · KJV
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Luke 1:76 · KJV
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Luke 2:21 · KJV
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 7:27 · KJV
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Luke 9:52 · KJV
And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
Luke 10:1 · KJV
After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Luke 11:38 · KJV
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
Luke 21:12 · KJV
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 and rulers for my name’s sake.
Luke 22:15 · KJV
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
John 1:48 · KJV
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
John 5:7 · KJV
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
John 10:8 · KJV
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John 11:55 · KJV
And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
John 12:1 · KJV
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
John 13:1 · KJV
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 which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
John 13:19 · KJV
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John 17:5 · KJV
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
John 17:24 · KJV
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 before the foundation of the world.
Acts 5:23 · KJV
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Acts 5:36 · KJV
For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
Acts 12:6 · KJV
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
Acts 12:14 · KJV
And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
Acts 13:24 · KJV
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 14:13 · KJV
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Acts 21:38 · KJV
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
Acts 23:15 · KJV
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Romans 16:7 · KJV
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
1 Corinthians 2:7 · KJV
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
1 Corinthians 4:5 · KJV
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 of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
2 Corinthians 12:2 · KJV
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 caught up to the third heaven.
Galatians 1:17 · KJV
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Galatians 2:12 · KJV
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Galatians 3:23 · KJV
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Ephesians 1:4 · KJV
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:
Colossians 1:17 · KJV
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Common questions
What does Strong's G4253 mean?
G4253 is the Greek word πρό (pró), meaning "fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to.
How is G4253 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it before (44 times), above (3 times), or ever (1 time), ago (1 time).
How many times does G4253 appear in the Bible?
πρό (pró) is tagged in 48 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G4253 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primary preposition.
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