πρίν

privn privn ((according to Curtius, sec. 380 comparitive
proion,
proin,
privn)), as in Greek writings from Homer down:1. an adverb previously,formerly (cf.
pavlai, 1): ; , ; but never so in the N. T.2. with the force of a conjunction, before, before that: with an accusative and aorist infinitive of things past (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 44, 6 at the end; Buttmann, sec. 142, 3);
privn
!Abraavm
genevsqai, before Abraham existed, came into being, ; also
privn
h[ (cf. Meyer on ), ; (); with an aorist infinitive haying the force of the Latin future perfect, of things future (cf. Winer's Grammar, 332 (311)):
privn
ajlevktora
fwnh'sai, before the cock shall have crowed, ,; ; ; add, ; ; also
privn
h[, ; (where L T Tr WH text omit
h[);
privn
h[, preceded by a negative sentence (Buttmann, sec. 139, 35), with the aorist subjunctive having the force of a future perfect in Latin (Buttmann, 231 (199)), (R G L T Tr marginal reading, but WH brackets
h[), and R G in ;
privn
h[, followed by the optative of a thing as entertained in thought, (Winer's Grammar, 297 (279); Buttmann, 230 (198)). Cf. Matthiae, sec. 522, 2, p. 1201f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Gram. sec. 139, 41; Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 720ff; Winer's Grammar (and Buttmann), as above.*