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GreekG4250Preposition

πρίν

prin

13Occurrences
G4250Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

prior, sooner

adverb from G4253 (πρό);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.as adv. of time, before, formerly
2.As conic., before
(a)after a positive sentence, with accusative and inf.
(b)after a negative sentence, πρὶν ἤ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

πρίν appears 13 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
3
John
3
Matthew
3
Luke
2
Mark
2

Key Passages

Acts 2:20BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness,and the moon to blood,before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Acts 7:2BSB

And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

John 4:49BSB

“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

Luke 2:26BSB

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Matthew 1:18BSB

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.