Greek preposition · G4250
πρίν
prinprin
as adv. of time, before, formerly (cl.; As conic. (cl.), before
13 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prín
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4250is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4250
prior, sooner
The King James renders it: before (that), ere.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
prin is rendered "as adv. of time, before, formerly (cl.; As conic. (cl.), before". It stands 13 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "as adv. of time, before, formerly (cl.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
The first use
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:18πρὶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: as adv. of time, before, formerly (cl., and As conic. (cl.), before.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| as adv. of time, before, formerly (cl.3Ma.5:28 3Mac 6:4 3Mac 6:31) | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to… |
| As conic. (cl.), before__(a) after a positive sentence | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 26:34“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πρὶν13
The grammar of each form
- preposition7PREP
- adverb6ADV
Matthew
three uses
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
- πρὶνprinadverbtagged: before
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
- πρὶνprinadverbtagged: before
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- πρὶνprinadverbtagged: Before
Mark
two uses
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
- πρὶνprinadverbtagged: Before
Luke
two uses
The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
- πρὶνprinadverbtagged: Before
John
three uses
“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
- πρὶνprinadverbtagged: before
Acts
three uses
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
- πρὶνprinprepositiontagged: before
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.