2001 Translation

PRO, pro

Sounds Like: PRO

Translations: before, in front of, for, on behalf of, in the presence of, prior to, instead of

From the root: ΠΡΟ

Part of Speech: Preposition

Explanation: This word is a preposition that typically takes the genitive case. It can indicate a spatial relationship, meaning 'before' or 'in front of' something or someone. It can also denote a temporal relationship, meaning 'before' in time, or a causal relationship, meaning 'for' or 'on behalf of' someone or something. In some contexts, it can also mean 'instead of' or 'in the presence of'.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G4253 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 9:11, 12:1

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:13, 1:111, 1:284, 1:299

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 16:7

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:16, 1:20, 1:21, 2:99, 4:26, 9:12, 10:23

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 2:1, 5:3, 19:1, 34:3, 39:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Genesis — 24:45
• Deuteronomy — 3:28, 30:1, 30:15
• 2 Esdras — 12:13, 15:15, 23:4, 23:19
• Judith — 3:3, 8:15, 10:13, 14:5, 16:24
• Tobit — 2:10, 6:18, 8:18, 10:11, 10:13, 11:7, 14:15
• 1 Maccabees — 3:22, 5:7, 5:43, 6:36, 10:34, 11:26, 15:5
• 4 Maccabees — 1:22, 1:23, 9:5, 12:4
• Psalms — 26:1, 38:14, 54:20, 56:7, 57:10, 71:5, 71:17, 73:12, 88:15, 89:2, 100:3, 109:3, 118:67, 128:6
• Proverbs — 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 16:18, 18:12, 30:7
• Ecclesiastes — 2:26, 5:1, 7:26, 9:1
• Job — 3:24, 4:16, 8:12, 10:21, 15:7, 15:32, 15:33, 23:17, 24:6
• Wisdom — 14:20, 15:8, 16:28
• Sirach — 11:28, 18:19, 18:20, 22:24, 24:9, 27:7, 27:29, 30:24, 32:10, 37:16, 38:30, 40:16, 42:21, 45:13, 46:19, 48:10, 51:30
• Isaiah — 18:5, 30:33, 42:9, 44:7, 52:12, 62:11
• Jeremiah — 1:5, 9:12, 13:16, 15:1, 15:19, 17:16, 21:8, 30:27, 41:15
• Joel — 2:3, 2:10, 2:11
• Habakkuk — 3:5
• Zephaniah — 2:2
• Haggai — 2:15
• Zechariah — 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:9, 4:7, 8:10, 14:20
• Malachi — 3:1, 3:14
• Matthew — 5:12, 6:8, 8:29, 11:10, 24:38
• Mark — 1:2
• Luke — 2:21, 7:27, 9:52, 10:1, 11:38, 21:12, 22:15
• John — 1:48, 5:7, 10:8, 11:55, 12:1, 13:1, 13:19, 17:5, 17:24
• Acts of the Apostles — 5:36, 12:6, 12:14, 13:24, 14:13, 21:38, 23:15
• Romans — 16:7
• 1 Corinthians — 2:7, 4:5
• 2 Corinthians — 12:2
• Galatians — 1:17, 2:12, 3:23
• Ephesians — 1:4
• Colossians — 1:17
• 2 Timothy — 1:9, 4:21
• Titus — 1:2
• Hebrews — 11:5
• James — 5:9, 5:12
• 1 Peter — 1:20, 4:8
• Jude — 1:25
• Epistle of Barnabas — 16:7, 16:8

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 10:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 0:1, 15:3
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 6:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:41, 19:133, 26:232, 29:275, 33:299, 2:15, 2:16, 17:160, 39:278, 40:285, 42:296
• Book Two — 2:15, 2:16, 17:160, 39:278, 40:285, 42:296

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:16, 0:20, 1:44, 3:98, 8:168, 8:170, 18:268
• Book 2 — 6:92, 6:136, 6:159, 15:328
• Book 3 — 5:83, 6:149, 10:255, 12:285, 14:302
• Book 4 — 2:22, 3:39, 3:54, 4:67, 4:74, 6:141, 8:226, 8:296
• Book 5 — 1:13, 1:108, 1:112, 2:150, 2:169, 2:172, 8:243, 8:267, 8:304, 10:345
• Book 6 — 6:119, 7:140, 11:239, 11:240
• Book 7 — 7:134, 7:151, 8:167, 11:260, 14:338, 14:339, 14:342
• Book 8 — 1:1, 2:24, 2:25, 3:90, 4:104, 4:105, 4:123, 7:190, 7:195, 9:230, 12:313, 13:316, 13:318, 13:325, 14:387, 15:413
• Book 9 — 2:24, 2:25, 2:28, 4:74, 6:128, 8:168, 10:218, 10:225, 12:248
• Book 10 — 1:5, 3:44, 6:92, 6:97, 7:121, 10:202, 10:208, 11:219
• Book 11 — 1:5, 3:63, 4:112, 5:159, 6:222, 6:231, 6:248, 6:251, 6:252, 6:256, 6:280
• Book 12 — 2:26, 2:28, 2:90, 7:322, 8:352
• Book 13 — 1:1, 2:49, 2:52, 5:152, 5:159, 7:124, 7:128, 7:130, 9:260, 16:406
• Book 14 — 1:1, 5:86, 10:212, 10:219, 10:222, 10:227, 10:228, 10:234, 10:237, 10:240, 12:317, 13:328, 13:350, 13:369, 15:429, 15:466
• Book 15 — 1:1, 4:101, 8:288, 9:337, 11:403, 11:408, 11:419
• Book 16 — 6:163, 7:179, 7:187, 10:336, 11:393, 11:398
• Book 17 — 1:3, 1:6, 5:92, 5:121
• Book 18 — 4:94, 6:143, 6:188, 6:195, 6:213, 6:225, 8:305, 9:375
• Book 19 — 1:41, 1:75, 1:127, 1:156, 7:328, 9:364
• Book 20 — 1:1, 1:14, 2:24, 5:102, 5:107, 6:123, 6:127, 8:155

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:28, 3:3, 5:15, 8:1, 9:6, 10:3, 12:17, 13:11, 16:4, 17:2, 18:21, 22:13, 26:1, 31:2, 32:4, 33:1, 33:2, 34:4
• Book Two — 6:1, 8:31, 10:13, 11:10, 12:11, 14:31, 14:38, 15:5, 15:6, 15:12, 17:7, 20:26
• Book Three — 6:3, 6:18, 6:20, 7:19, 7:107, 7:127, 7:145, 8:29, 10:9, 10:75
• Book Four — 1:11, 3:54, 3:65, 3:71, 3:80, 4:59, 4:62, 5:13, 5:16, 5:20, 9:79, 11:13
• Book Five — 1:17, 2:3, 2:42, 3:17, 5:17, 5:29, 5:42, 5:57, 6:9, 6:15, 6:16, 6:42, 6:43, 7:14, 7:20, 7:22, 9:4, 9:11, 9:25, 9:63, 9:71, 11:13, 11:16, 13:14
• Book Six — 1:19, 2:27, 3:36, 3:42, 4:2, 4:39, 5:20, 5:28, 5:30, 6:15, 6:30, 10:3
• Book Seven — 4:13, 5:31, 8:40, 8:121, 8:131, 8:136, 9:1

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 17:1, 42:1, 44:1, 46:1, 55:1, 56:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:5, 0:8
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 7:3, 11:2, 13:2, 16:4, 20:1, 23:3, 27:5, 32:6, 34:3, 34:6, 45:4, 46:3, 46:5, 48:1, 49:2, 49:5, 56:10, 61:1, 61:3, 62:4, 63:3, 64:5, 64:6, 65:2, 65:5, 67:7, 72:3, 75:1, 76:7, 83:2, 83:4, 92:3, 92:5, 100:2, 100:4, 106:1, 115:2, 115:5, 129:3, 129:4, 131:4

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 4:17, 12:67, 14:78, 28:136, 28:139, 29:141, 35:177, 36:179, 41:204, 43:214, 47:243, 65:350, 65:360, 70:392, 76:423

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:3
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:3, 5:2, 13:2, 21:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 2:1, 14:1

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 1:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 2:5, 11:4, 13:10, 19:4, 24:15, 24:45, 27:4, 27:7, 27:10, 27:33, 36:31, 37:18, 41:50, 45:28, 48:5, 50:16
• Exodus — 4:10, 12:34, 13:9, 13:16, 17:6, 21:29, 21:36, 22:26, 23:20, 32:34, 33:2, 34:6, 34:11, 34:24
• Leviticus — 5:4, 14:36, 18:24, 18:28, 18:30
• Numbers — 13:23, 14:42, 27:17, 33:52
• Deuteronomy — 1:21, 1:30, 2:21, 2:31, 2:33, 3:18, 3:28, 4:38, 4:42, 5:7, 6:8, 6:19, 8:20, 9:3, 11:18, 19:4, 19:6, 22:6, 23:14, 28:7, 30:1, 30:15, 30:19, 31:3, 31:7, 31:21, 33:1
• Joshua — 3:1, 4:5
• Judges — 14:18
• Ruth — 3:14
• 1 Samuel — 18:16
• 1 Kings — 12:8, 12:10, 12:30
• 2 Kings — 6:32
• 2 Chronicles — 1:13, 19:11, 33:19
• Ezra (Alpha) — 5:60, 9:41
• Ezra (Beta) — 5:11
• Nehemiah — 5:15, 13:4, 13:19
• Judith — 1:11, 3:3, 8:15, 10:13, 14:5, 16:24
• Tobit — 2:10, 6:18, 8:18, 10:11, 10:11, 10:12, 11:7, 14:15, 14:15
• 1 Maccabees — 3:22, 5:7, 5:43, 6:36, 10:34, 11:26, 15:5
• 2 Maccabees — 2:32, 3:15, 7:7, 8:17, 8:26, 10:6, 12:27, 15:31, 15:36
• 3 Maccabees — 4:4, 4:11
• 4 Maccabees — 1:22, 1:23, 9:5, 12:4
• Psalms — 26:1, 38:14, 54:20, 56:7, 57:10, 71:5, 71:17, 73:12, 88:15, 89:2, 95:13, 100:3, 109:3, 118:67, 128:6
• Psalms of Solomon — 1:8, 14:5
• Odes — 6:5, 13:76
• Proverbs — 8:23, 8:24, 8:25, 16:18, 18:12, 24:30
• Ecclesiastes — 2:26, 5:1, 5:5, 7:27, 9:1
• Job — 3:24, 4:16, 8:12, 10:21, 15:7, 15:32, 15:33, 23:17, 24:6
• Wisdom — 14:20, 15:8
• Sirach — 11:28, 18:19, 18:20, 22:24, 24:9, 27:7, 27:29, 30:24, 35:10, 37:16, 38:30, 40:16, 42:21, 45:13, 46:19, 48:10, 51:30
• Isaiah — 18:5, 30:33, 42:9, 44:7, 62:11
• Jeremiah — 1:5, 9:13, 13:16, 15:1, 15:19, 17:16, 21:8, 30:10, 41:15
• Ezekiel — 4:1, 8:11, 14:1, 14:3, 14:4, 14:7, 16:18, 16:19, 16:57, 20:1, 22:30, 23:25, 23:41, 36:17, 38:17, 41:22, 44:12, 44:15
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:31, 8:3
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 7:7
• Amos — 1:1, 4:7, 9:4
• Micah — 2:13, 6:4
• Joel — 2:3, 2:10, 2:11
• Habakkuk — 3:5
• Zephaniah — 2:2
• Haggai — 2:15
• Zechariah — 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:9, 4:7, 8:10, 14:20
• Malachi — 3:1, 3:14
• Enoch — 9:11, 12:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 3:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 5:3
• Parable 9 — 10:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:12, 6:8, 8:29, 11:10, 24:38
• Mark — 1:2
• Luke — 1:76, 2:21, 7:27, 9:52, 10:1, 11:38, 21:12, 22:15
• John — 1:49, 5:7, 11:55, 12:1, 13:1, 13:19, 17:5, 17:24
• Acts — 5:36, 12:6, 12:14, 13:24, 14:13, 21:38, 23:15
• Romans — 16:7
• 1 Corinthians — 2:7, 4:5
• 2 Corinthians — 12:2
• Galatians — 1:17, 2:12, 3:23
• Ephesians — 1:4
• Colossians — 1:17
• 2 Timothy — 1:9, 4:21
• Titus — 1:2
• Hebrews — 11:5
• James — 5:9, 5:12
• 1 Peter — 1:20, 4:8
• Jude — 1:25

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 7:4, 10:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΡ? — before, in front of, in the presence of, for, on behalf of, toward, with, against, at, by, to, a
• ΠΡΟ? — before, in front of, in the presence of, for, on behalf of, in preference to, earlier than, prior to
• ΤΟΥΣΠΡΟ — before, in front of, for, on behalf of, in place of

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