4253 - pro

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πρό
Transliteration: pro
Definition (short): before
Definition (full): before

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. preposition
Definition: before
NASB Translation: above (2), ago (4), ahead (2), ahead* (2), before (30), front (2), just outside (1), prior (1), right (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primary preposition; "fore", i.e. In front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to -- above, ago, before, or ever. In the comparative, it retains the same significations.
KJV: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
NASB: "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
KJV: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
NASB: "So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
KJV: And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
NASB: And they cried out, saying, "What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?"
KJV: For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
NASB: "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
KJV: As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
NASB: As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY;