UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: prep. (with gen.)

Sense 1: in front of, before

Semantic entry: 83.33

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: In Front Of, Face To Face, In Back Of, Behind

Definition: a position in front of an object, whether animate or inanimate, which is regarded as having a spacial orientation of front and back{N:001}

MRK 1:2: RV MRK 1:2 · LV MRK 1:2 · Read together MRK 1:2

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2 The prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) wrote:
⇔ “Look, I’m sending my messenger ahead of you,
⇔ the one who’ll be preparing your path.

OET-LV MRK 1:2

2 As it _has _been _written in the Aʸsaias/(Yəshaˊ^yāh) the prophet:
Behold, I _am _sending _out the messenger of _me before the_face of _you, who will _be _preparing the way of _you.

LUK 10:1: RV LUK 10:1 · LV LUK 10:1 · Read together LUK 10:1

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10 After all this, the master appointed seventy-two others and he sent them out in pairs to go ahead of him to every town and village that he would pass through.

OET-LV LUK 10:1

10 And after, these things the master appointed seventy two others, and he _sent _out them each by _two before the_face of _him, into every city and place where he was _going to _be _coming.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 1:2 · LV MRK 1:2 · Read together MRK 1:2

LUK: RV LUK 10:1 · LV LUK 10:1 · Read together LUK 10:1

ACT: RV ACT 12:6 · RV ACT 12:14 · RV ACT 14:13 · LV ACT 12:6 · LV ACT 12:14 · LV ACT 14:13 · Read together ACT 12:6 · Read together ACT 12:14 · Read together ACT 14:13

Sense 2: before, previous

Semantic entry: 67.17

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: a point of time prior to another point of time

MAT 5:12: RV MAT 5:12 · LV MAT 5:12 · Read together MAT 5:12

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12 Be happy and praising God because you’ll all have a wonderful reward in the heavens, because in the past they also persecuted the prophets like that.

OET-LV MAT 5:12

12 Be _rejoicing and be _exulting, because the reward of _you _all is great in the heavens, because/for thus they _persecuted the prophets which before you _all.

MAT 6:8: RV MAT 6:8 · LV MAT 6:8 · Read together MAT 6:8

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8 There’s no need to be like them, because God your father already knows your needs before you even ask him.

OET-LV MAT 6:8

8 Therefore you _all _may_ not _be _likened to _them, because/for the god the father of _you _all has _known what things you _all _are _having need before the time you _all to _request him.

All 32 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:12 · RV MAT 6:8 · RV MAT 8:29 · RV MAT 24:38 · LV MAT 5:12 · LV MAT 6:8 · LV MAT 8:29 · LV MAT 24:38 · Read together MAT 5:12 · Read together MAT 6:8 · Read together MAT 8:29 · Read together MAT 24:38

LUK: RV LUK 2:21 · RV LUK 11:38 · RV LUK 21:12 · RV LUK 22:15 · LV LUK 2:21 · LV LUK 11:38 · LV LUK 21:12 · LV LUK 22:15 · Read together LUK 2:21 · Read together LUK 11:38 · Read together LUK 21:12 · Read together LUK 22:15

ACT: RV ACT 5:36 · RV ACT 21:38 · RV ACT 23:15 · LV ACT 5:36 · LV ACT 21:38 · LV ACT 23:15 · Read together ACT 5:36 · Read together ACT 21:38 · Read together ACT 23:15

ROM: RV ROM 16:7 · LV ROM 16:7 · Read together ROM 16:7

CO1: RV CO1 2:7 · RV CO1 4:5 · LV CO1 2:7 · LV CO1 4:5 · Read together CO1 2:7 · Read together CO1 4:5

CO2: RV CO2 12:2 · LV CO2 12:2 · Read together CO2 12:2

GAL: RV GAL 1:17 · RV GAL 2:12 · RV GAL 3:23 · LV GAL 1:17 · LV GAL 2:12 · LV GAL 3:23 · Read together GAL 1:17 · Read together GAL 2:12 · Read together GAL 3:23

EPH: RV EPH 1:4 · LV EPH 1:4 · Read together EPH 1:4

TI2: RV TI2 4:21 · LV TI2 4:21 · Read together TI2 4:21

TIT: RV TIT 1:2 · LV TIT 1:2 · Read together TIT 1:2

HEB: RV HEB 11:5 · LV HEB 11:5 · Read together HEB 11:5

PE1: RV PE1 1:20 · LV PE1 1:20 · Read together PE1 1:20

Sense 3: more important than, of greatest importance, above

Semantic entry: 65.54

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Important, Unimportant

Definition: marker of primary importance

COL 1:17: RV COL 1:17 · LV COL 1:17 · Read together COL 1:17

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17 He came before everything and everything still only exists because of him.

OET-LV COL 1:17

17 And he is before all things, and all the things in him has _consisted.

JAM 5:12: RV JAM 5:12 · LV JAM 5:12 · Read together JAM 5:12

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OET-RV JAM 5:12

12 But most importantly, brothers and sisters, don’t swear by heaven or earth or by any other kind of oath but simply be honest so that ‘yes’ means yes and ‘no’ means no, then you won’t end up getting judged.

OET-LV JAM 5:12

12 Before but, all things, brothers of _me, not be _swearing, neither the by _heaven, nor the earth, nor other any oath, but let _be of _you _all your Yes be, yes, and your No be, no, in _order _that not under judgement you _all _may _fall.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

COL: RV COL 1:17 · LV COL 1:17 · Read together COL 1:17

JAM: RV JAM 5:12 · LV JAM 5:12 · Read together JAM 5:12

PE1: RV PE1 4:8 · LV PE1 4:8 · Read together PE1 4:8

Sense 4: soon, very soon

Semantic entry: 67.58

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: (an idiom, literally: before the doors) a point of time subsequent to another point of time and indicating imminence, that is to say, the subsequent event is regarded as almost begun

Collocations: πρὸ θυρῶν

JAM 5:9: RV JAM 5:9 · LV JAM 5:9 · Read together JAM 5:9

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9 And don’t moan about each other, my fellow believers, so that you all won’t be judged for it, because truly, the judge is just outside about to come in the doors.

OET-LV JAM 5:9

9 Not be _groaning, brothers, against one _another, in _order _that not you _all _may _be _judged.
Behold, the judge before the doors has _stood.

Sense 5: since all time, from all ages past, from the beginning of time

Semantic entry: 67.133

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From

Definition: an exceedingly long period of time from an assumed beginning up to the present

Collocations: πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος

TI2 1:9: RV TI2 1:9 · LV TI2 1:9 · Read together TI2 1:9

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OET-RV TI2 1:9

9 It’s God that saved us and called us to live a godly life. His selection of us had nothing to do with anything good we might have done, but rather he has his own purposes and had given us grace via Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah even before time began.

OET-LV TI2 1:9

9 the one having _saved us, and having _called with_a_calling holy, not according _to the works of _us, but according _to his_own purpose and grace, which having _been _given to _us in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) before eternal times,

JDE 1:25: RV JDE 1:25 · LV JDE 1:25 · Read together JDE 1:25

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Combined passage: org JDE 1:24–25 (native JDE 1:24–25; verse text cannot be split).

OET-RV JDE 1:24-25

24-25 Our master, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah, is the infallible one who is quite capable of looking after all of us so that we can stand blameless in front of him and praise him in his full honour and greatness. Let us honour and praise our only God and saviour, acknowledging his greatness and power and authority through Yeshua from before the creation, right through these current times, and in the age to come. May it be so.

OET-LV JDE 1:25

25 to_the_only god saviour of _us, through Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah the master of _us, glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all the age, and now, and to all the ages.
Truly.

Sense 6: before, previous

Semantic entry: 67.19

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: (an idiom, literally: before the face, equivalent in meaning to πρό [source selector 000001][b] ‘before,’ 67.17: ἄχρι(ς) / 67.17: πρίν / 67.17: πρό, but a somewhat more elaborate phrase rhetorically) a point of time, possibly only a short time before another point of time

Collocations: πρὸ προσώπου

MAT 11:10: RV MAT 11:10 · LV MAT 11:10 · Read together MAT 11:10

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