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GreekG4314Preposition

πρός

pros

677Occurrences
G4314Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)

a strengthened form of G4253 (πρό);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
prep. with genitive, dative, accusative
I
I
C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of.
II
II
C. dative, of local proximity, hard by, near, at.
III
C. accusative, of motion or direction towards a place or object, to, towards.
1.Of place
(a)after verbs of motion or of speaking and other words with the idea of direction
(b)of close proximity, at, by, with
2.Of time
(a)towards (Plat., Xen., LXX
(b)for
3.Of relation (a) toward, with
(b)with regard to
(with)pertaining to, to
(d)according to
(e)in comparison with
IV
In composition: towards (προσέρχομαι), to (προσάγω), against (προσκόπτω), besides (προσδαπανάω) .

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

πρός appears 677 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
163
Acts
127
John
94
Mark
65
Matthew
42
2 Corinthians
33
1 Corinthians
24
Hebrews
20

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:11BSB

Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

Acts 19:2BSB

and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?”“No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Hebrews 9:13BSB

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

Luke 14:23BSB

So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

Matthew 17:14BSB

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.

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