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πρός

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greekNew TestamentPreposition702 occurrences26 books649 verses

Definition

πρός,

prep. with genitive, dative, accusative

I. I. C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of, Acts 27:34 (cf. Page, in l.).

II. II. C. dative, of local proximity, hard by, near, at: Mark 5:11, Luke 19:37, John 18:16; 20:11, 12, Revelation 1:13.

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: ἔρχομαι, ἀναβαίνω, πορεύομαι, λέγω, ἐπιστολή, etc., Matthew 3:14, Mark 6:51, Luke 11:5, John 2:3, Acts 9:2, al. mult.; metaphorically, of mental direction, hostile or otherwise, Luke 23:12, John 6:52, 2 Corinthians 7:4, Ephesians 6:12, Colossians 3:13, al.; of the issue or end, Luke 14:32, John 11:4, al.; of purpose, Matthew 26:12, Romans 3:26, 1 Corinthians 6:5, al.; πρὸς τό, with inf., denoting purpose (cf. M, Pr., 218, 220; Lft., Notes, 131), Matthew 5:28, Mark 13:22, Ephesians 6:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, al.;

(b) of close proximity, at, by, with: Matthew 3:10, Mark 11:4, Luke 4:11, Acts 3:2, al.; after εἶναι, Matthew 13:56, Mark 6:3, John 1:1, al.

2. 2. Of time,

(a) towards (Plat., Xen., LXX: Genesis 8:11, al.): Luke 24:29;

(b) for: πρὸς καιρόν, Luke 8:13, 1 Corinthians 7:5; πρὸς ὥραν, John 5:35, al.; πρὸς ὀλίγον, James 4:14.

3. Of relation

(a) toward, with: Romans 5:1, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Colossians 4:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:12, al.;

(b) with regard to: Matthew 19:8, Mark 12:12, Romans 8:31, al.;

(with) pertaining to, to: Matthew 27:4, John 21:22, Romans 15:17, Hebrews 2:17; 5:1;

(d) according to: Luke 12:47, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Galatians 2:14, Ephesians 3:4; 4:14;

(e) in comparison with: Romans 8:18.

IV. In composition: towards (προσέρχομαι), to (προσάγω), against (προσκόπτω), besides (προσδαπανάω) .

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πρός:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

702 total
  1. Luke 7:7πρὸς · to
    That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
  2. Luke 7:19πρὸς · to
    So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
  3. Luke 7:20πρὸς · to; πρὸς · to
    When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
  4. Luke 7:24πρὸς · to
    After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
  5. Luke 7:40πρὸς
    But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
  6. Luke 7:44πρὸς · toward
    And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
  7. Luke 7:50πρὸς
    And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
  8. Luke 8:4πρὸς · to
    While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
  9. Luke 8:13πρὸς · for
    The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
  10. Luke 8:19πρὸς · to [see]
    Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.
  11. Luke 8:21πρὸς
    But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
  12. Luke 8:22πρὸς · to
    One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
  13. Luke 8:25πρὸς
    “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
  14. Luke 8:35πρὸς · to
    So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
  15. Luke 9:3πρὸς
    “Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
  16. Luke 9:13πρὸς
    But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
  17. Luke 9:14πρὸς
    (There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
  18. Luke 9:23πρὸς · to
    Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
  19. Luke 9:33πρὸς · to
    As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
  20. Luke 9:41πρὸς · with
    “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
  21. Luke 9:43πρὸς · to
    And they were all astonished at the greatness of God. While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus was doing, He said to His disciples,
  22. Luke 9:50πρὸς
    “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”
  23. Luke 9:57πρὸς · to
    As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
  24. Luke 9:59πρὸς · to
    Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
  25. Luke 9:62πρὸς
    Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
  26. Luke 10:2πρὸς
    And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
  27. Luke 10:23πρὸς · to
    Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
  28. Luke 10:26πρὸς
    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
  29. Luke 10:29πρὸς
    But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
  30. Luke 10:39πρὸς · at
    She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
  31. Luke 11:1πρὸς
    One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
  32. Luke 11:5πρὸς · to; πρὸς · to
    Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
  33. Luke 11:6πρός · to
    …because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
  34. Luke 11:39πρὸς
    Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
  35. Luke 12:1πρὸς · to
    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  36. Luke 12:3πρὸς
    What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
  37. Luke 12:15πρὸς · to
    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  38. Luke 12:16πρὸς
    Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
  39. Luke 12:22πρὸς · to
    Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
  40. Luke 12:41πρὸς · to; πρὸς · to
    “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
  41. Luke 12:47πρὸς
    That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
  42. Luke 12:58πρὸς · to
    Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
  43. Luke 13:7πρὸς · to
    So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
  44. Luke 13:23πρὸς
    “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
  45. Luke 13:34πρὸς · to
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  46. Luke 14:3πρὸς
    So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
  47. Luke 14:5πρὸς
    And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”