Acts 13:24:3Acts.13.24.W3TAB
πρὸ
pro
“before”
- Transliteration
- pro
- Extended
- proh
- IPA
- /pro/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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pro
- sentence
pro-kê-RYKS-an-tos i-ô-AN-nou pro pro-SÔ-pou tês ei-SO-dou au-TOU BAP-tis-ma me-ta-NOI-as pan-TI tôi la-ÔI is-ra-ÊL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pro prosōpou tēs eisodou autou {πρὸ προσώπου τῆς εἰσόδου αὐτοῦ | prò prosṓpou tês eisódou autoû} ‘before the face/ presence of His coming’ further specifies that John’s proclamation occurred in advance of His (Jesus’) arrival, with tēs eisodou autou functioning as a genitive construction defining the “presence” as the anticipated coming.
Root and etymology
kēryssōkappa–eta–rho–upsilon–sigma–sigma–omega
“to proclaim, announce”
In context — Acts 13:24
Before His coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 13:24, so the Greek word πρὸ (pro) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.13.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.24.W3.S1) and character.