For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πρός
Vocabulary form:
provV
Definition:
acc: to, towards, with
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
700
GK:
4639
Cognates:
A proselyte (proshvlutoV) is a person who has come over to another religion.
Mnemonics:
I've taken up my cross and will go with Jesus.
Mnemonic Singing:
Joy to the world the Lord is come,
let earth receive her king.
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 24:5 | The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? |
| Luke 24:10 | It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them. They kept telling these things to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the apostles, |
| Luke 24:12 | |
| Luke 24:14 | And they were talking with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another about all these things that had taken place. |
| Luke 24:17 | He asked them, “What are these matters you are discussing with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) each other as you walk along?” They came to a stop, looking sad. |
| Luke 24:18 | Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered, him, saying “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” |
| Luke 24:25 | So he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “You foolish people, slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! |
| Luke 24:29 | but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) evening and the day is already far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. |
| Luke 24:32 | They said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?” |
| Luke 24:44 | Then he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “These are my words which I spoke to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you while I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be fulfilled.” |
| Luke 24:50 | Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. |
| John 1:1 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God, and the Word was God. |
| John 1:2 | He was in the beginning with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God. |
| John 1:19 | And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” |
| John 1:29 | On the following day John saw Jesus coming toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, the one who takes away the sin of the world! |
| John 1:42 | He brought him to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said, “You are Simon, the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”). |
| John 1:47 | Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, one in whom there is no deceit!” |
| John 2:3 | When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “They have no more wine.” |
| John 3:2 | This man came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” |
| John 3:4 | Nicodemus said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter into his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” |
| John 3:20 | For everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. |
| John 3:21 | But the one who does the truth comes to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the light, so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” |
| John 3:26 | So they came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, the one to whom you bore witness — well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him!” |
| John 4:15 | The woman said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” |
| John 4:30 | So they went out of the town and made their way to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus. |
| John 4:33 | Then the disciples began to say to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, “No one has brought him something to eat, have they?” |
| John 4:35 | Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields; they are white, ready for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) harvest. |
| John 4:40 | When therefore the Samaritans came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, they urged him to stay with them. He stayed there for two days. |
| John 4:47 | When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him and begged him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. |
| John 4:48 | Jesus therefore said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe!” |
| John 4:49 | The officer said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Sir, come down before my little boy dies.” |
| John 5:33 | You have sent messengers to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) John, and he has borne witness to the truth. |
| John 5:35 | He was a lamp that was burning and giving light, and you were willing for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a time to rejoice in his light. |
| John 5:40 | but you refuse to come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me that you may have life. |
| John 5:45 | Do not think that I will accuse you before (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. |
| John 6:5 | When Jesus lifted up his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?” |
| John 6:17 | got into a boat and started across the sea to Capernaum. It had by then become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them. |
| John 6:28 | Therefore they said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “What must we do to carry out the works God requires?” |
| John 6:34 | So they said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Sir, give us this bread from now on!” |
| John 6:35 | Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again. |
| John 6:37 | All that the Father gives me will come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me, and anyone who comes to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me I will never turn away. |
| John 6:44 | No one can come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. |
| John 6:45 | It stands written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me. |
| John 6:52 | Then the Jews began to argue with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” |
| John 6:65 | And he said, “For this reason I have said to you, ‘No one can come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me unless it is granted to him by the Father.’” |
| John 6:68 | Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life, |
| John 7:3 | So his brothers said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may observe the works you are doing. |
| John 7:33 | Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for a little while longer, and then I am going back to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the one who sent me. |
| John 7:35 | Then the Jews said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? Surely he is not going to go to our people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he? |
| John 7:37 | On the last day of the festival, the great day, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me and drink. |
Mnemonics
Proost! is a toast in Dutch
Proost! is a toast in Dutch that means TO your health.
I fell PROSstrate TOWARDs the
I fell PROSstrate TOWARDs the king.