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
| John 21:22 | Jesus replied, “If I should want him to remain alive until I come back, what concern is that to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you? You are to follow me!” |
| John 21:23 | So the word spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but rather, “If I should want him to remain alive until I come back, what concern is that to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you?” |
| Acts 1:7 | But he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. |
| Acts 2:12 | And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, “What does this mean?” |
| Acts 2:29 | My brothers, I can speak to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you confidently about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day. |
| Acts 2:37 | Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and they said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Peter and the other apostles, “My brothers, what shall we do?” |
| Acts 2:38 | And Peter said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
| Acts 2:47 | praising God, and finding favor with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. |
| Acts 3:2 | And a man lame from the womb of his mother was being carried, whom they laid daily at (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the gate of the temple called the “Beautiful Gate” to ask alms from those entering into the temple. |
| Acts 3:10 | and recognized him — that he was the one who used to sit and ask for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled with awe and amazement at what had happened to him. |
| Acts 3:11 | While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico, utterly astounded. |
| Acts 3:12 | When Peter saw this, he replied to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? |
| Acts 3:22 | Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, as he raised me. You must obey him in all things whatsoever he speaks to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you. |
| Acts 3:25 | You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) your fathers, saying to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ |
| Acts 4:1 | And as they were speaking to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees moved in on them, |
| Acts 4:8 | Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Rulers of the people and elders, |
| Acts 4:15 | But commanding them to go outside the council, they discussed the matter with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, |
| Acts 4:19 | But Peter and John said in answer to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you must judge, |
| Acts 4:23 | After they were released, they went to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) their friends and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them. |
| Acts 4:24 | When they heard this, they lifted their voices together to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) God and said, “Sovereign Lord, you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them, |
| Acts 4:37 | sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the apostles’ feet. |
| Acts 5:8 | And Peter addressed her, “Tell me whether for so much you sold the land” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” |
| Acts 5:9 | And Peter said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) her, “Why is it that you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” |
| Acts 5:10 | And she fell down immediately at (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in and found her dead, they carried her out and buried her beside (pros | πρός | prep-acc) her husband. |
| Acts 5:35 | And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves about these men, what you intend to do. |
| Acts 6:1 | Now in these days when the number of the disciples was increasing, there was a complaint by the Hellenists against (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. |
| Acts 7:3 | and said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives and come to the land that I will show you.’ |
| Acts 8:14 | Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them Peter and John, |
| Acts 8:20 | But Peter said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “May your silver go with you to destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! |
| Acts 8:24 | And answering, Simon said, “You pray for me to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Lord so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” |
| Acts 8:26 | Now an angel of the Lord said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. |
| Acts 9:2 | and requested from him letters to Damascus addressed to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the synagogues, that if he found any who were of the Way, men or women, he should bring them bound to Jerusalem. |
| Acts 9:10 | Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he replied, “Here I am, Lord.” |
| Acts 9:11 | Then the Lord told (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for even now he is praying, |
| Acts 9:15 | But the Lord said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Go, for this man is for me a chosen instrument to carry my name before both Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel, |
| Acts 9:27 | But Barnabas took him and brought him to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the apostles and he related to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. |
| Acts 9:29 | He was talking and disputing with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were looking for a way to kill him. |
| Acts 9:32 | Now as Peter was traveling through the entire region, he also came down to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the saints who were living in Lydda. |
| Acts 9:38 | Since Lydda is near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him urging him, “Do not delay in coming to us.” |
| Acts 9:40 | But Peter put them all outside, and falling to his knees he prayed; then turning toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the dead body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” And she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. |
| Acts 10:3 | He saw in a vision clearly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him and saying to him, “Cornelius.” |
| Acts 10:13 | Then a voice came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!” |
| Acts 10:15 | And a voice came again, a second time, to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “What God has made clean, you must not consider common.” |
| Acts 10:21 | And Peter went down to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for which you have come?” |
| Acts 10:28 | And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another race, but God showed me that I should call no person common or unclean. |
| Acts 10:33 | So immediately I sent for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you, and you did well by coming. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that has been commanded you by the Lord.” |
| Acts 11:2 | So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circumcision took issue with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, |
| Acts 11:3 | saying, “You went to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.” |
| Acts 11:11 | And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house, in which we were, sent from Caesarea to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me. |
| Acts 11:14 | who will speak to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’ |
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.