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Meaning

* To or towards * Pertaining to (genitive case) * Near to (dative case) * According to * About

Preposition. Occurs 703 times in the New Testament.

πρός is a common preposition in Koine Greek that carries different meanings. It most frequently takes the accusative case, but at times it takes the genitive or dative cases, giving it a different meaning again. At its core, it usually describes movement or relationship toward someone or something, whether physical, s… αὐτούς,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός

greek

Meaning

* He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same

Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament.

Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

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εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article πατὴρ ἔθετο ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

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Preposition meaning “in”. τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ,