πρό (prό) — in front of / before / previous

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}

Show passage in OET: MRK 1:2

OET-RV MRK 1:2

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.

Show passage in OET: LUK 10:1

OET-RV LUK 10:1

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.

Jump to OET MRK 1:2 section.

Jump to OET LUK 10:1 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: OET MRK 1:2

LUK: OET LUK 10:1

ACT: OET ACT 12:6 · OET ACT 12:14 · OET 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

Show passage in OET: MAT 5:12

OET-RV MAT 5:12

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.

Show passage in OET: MAT 6:8

OET-RV MAT 6:8

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.

Jump to OET MAT 5:12 section.

Jump to OET MAT 6:8 section.

All 32 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 5:12 · OET MAT 6:8 · OET MAT 8:29 · OET MAT 24:38

LUK: OET LUK 2:21 · OET LUK 11:38 · OET LUK 21:12 · OET LUK 22:15

JHN: OET JHN 1:48 · OET JHN 5:7 · OET JHN 10:8 · OET JHN 11:55 · OET JHN 12:1 · OET JHN 13:1 · OET JHN 13:19 · OET JHN 17:5 · OET JHN 17:24

ACT: OET ACT 5:36 · OET ACT 21:38 · OET ACT 23:15

ROM: OET ROM 16:7

CO1: OET CO1 2:7 · OET CO1 4:5

CO2: OET CO2 12:2

GAL: OET GAL 1:17 · OET GAL 2:12 · OET GAL 3:23

EPH: OET EPH 1:4

TI2: OET TI2 4:21

TIT: OET TIT 1:2

HEB: OET HEB 11:5

PE1: OET 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

Show passage in OET: COL 1:17

OET-RV COL 1:17

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.

Show passage in OET: JAM 5:12

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.

Jump to OET COL 1:17 section.

Jump to OET JAM 5:12 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

COL: OET COL 1:17

JAM: OET JAM 5:12

PE1: OET 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

Show passage in OET: JAM 5:9

OET-RV JAM 5:9

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.

Jump to OET JAM 5:9 section.

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

Show passage in OET: TI2 1:9

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,

Show passage in OET: JDE 1:25

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.

Jump to OET TI2 1:9 section.

Jump to OET JDE 1:25 section.

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

Show passage in OET: MAT 11:10

OET-RV MAT 11:10