prov" prov", a preposition, equivalent to the epic protiv, from prov and the adverbial suffix tiv (cf. the German vor ... bin (Curtius, sec. 381)); it is joinedI. with the accusative, to, toward, Latin ad, denoting direction toward a thing, or position and state looking toward a thing (Winer's Grammar, sec. 49 h., p. 404 (378)); it is used1. of the goal or limit toward which a movement is directed: prov" tina or tiv, a. properly, after verbs of going, departing, running, coming, etc.: a[gw, ; ajnabaivnw, ; ; ; ajnakavmptw, ; ; ajnevrcomai, (L Tr marginal reading ajph'lqon); ajpevrcomai, (Rec.); , etc.; prov" eJautovn, to his house, (T omits; L Tr brackets; WH reject the verse; Tr reads prov" aujtou'; some connect the phrase with qaumavzwn (see 2 b. below)); (T Tr aujtouv", WH auJtouv" (cf. under the word auJtou', at the end)); givnesqai prov" tina, to come to one, ; ; diaperavw, ; ejggivzw, ; ; eijsevrcomai, ; ; ; (prov" thvn Ludivan, into the house of Lydia, (Rec. eij")); etc.; ; eijsporeuvomai, ; ejkporeuvomai, ; ; ejxevrcomai, ,; ; ; ejpistrevfw, to turn (oneself), ; ; ; ejpisunavgesqai, ; e[rcomai, ; , and often; h{kw, ; (Rec.); katabaivnw, ; ; ; metabaivnw, ; ojrqrivzw, ; paragivnomai, ; ,; ; ; (22:52 Tdf.); poreuvomai, ; ; , etc.; sunavgesqai, ; ; ; ; ; suntrevcein, ; uJpavgw, ; ; ; ; ,, (T Tr WH omit; L brackets the clause), ; kateuquvnein thvn oJdovn,1 Thess. ; also after (kindred) nouns: ei[sodo", ; ; prosagwghv, . after verbs of moving, leading, sending, drawing, bringing, directing: a[gw, (R