πρό

prov prov, a preposition followed by the genitive (Latin pro) (from Homer down), the Septuagint chiefly for ynEp]li, before; used a. of place:
prov
tw'n
qurw'n,
th'"
quvra", etc., R G; ,; ; ; by a Hebraism,
prov
proswvpou with the genitive of a person before (the face of) one (who is following) (Buttmann, 319 (274)): ; ; ; ; ; (; ; ). b. of Time:
prov
touvtwn
tw'n
hJmerw'n, ; ; (
prov
tou'
pavsca, ); according to a later Greek idiom,
prov
e{x
hJmerw'n
tou'
pavsca, properly, before six days reckoning from the Passover, which is equivalent to
e{x
hJmevra"
prov
tou'
pavsca, on the sixth day before the Passover, (
prov
duvo
ejtw'n
tou'
seismou', ;
prov
mia'"
hJmevra"
th'"
Mardocai>kh'"
hJmevra", ; examples from secular writings are cited by Winer's Grammar, 557 (518); (cf. Buttmann, sec. 131, 11); from ecclesiastical writings by Hilgenfeld, Die Evangelien etc., pp. 298, 302; also his Paschastreit der alten Kirche, p. 221f; (cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word
prov, 1 and 2)); (
prov
th'"
eJorth'", );
prov
kairou', ; ;
tw'n
aijwvnwn, ;
pantov"
tou'
aijw'no", L T Tr WH;
ejtw'n
dekatessavrwn, (fourteen years ago), ; add, ; ; ;
tou'
ajrivstou, ;
kataklusmou', ;
prov
th'"
metaqevsew", ;
prov
katabolh'"
kovsmou, ; ; ;
prov
pavntwn, prior to all created things, ; (
prov
touvtwn
pavntwn (Rev.
aJpavntwn), ); by a Hebraism,
prov
proswvpou with the genitive of a thing is used of time for the simple
prov (Winer's Grammar, sec. 65, 4b.; (Buttmann, 319 (274))), ((literally, before the face of his entering in)).
prov with the genitive of a person: ; (not Tdf.); ;
oiJ
prov
tivno", those that existed before one, ; with a predicate nominative added, .
prov with the genitive of an infinitive that has the article, Latin ante quam (before, before that) followed by a finite verb (Buttmann, sec. 140, 11; Winer's Grammar, 329 (309)): ; ; ; (49); ; ; ; ; . c. of superiority or pre-eminence (Winer's Grammar, 372 (349)):
prov
pavntwn, above all things, ; <<ref:BHS/GNT_1Pe 4:8$$1 Pe