πρός
pros
to/with
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word πρός (pros) is a versatile preposition that conveys the idea of "to" or "with." Its frequency in the Bible, with 735 occurrences, underscores its importance in the Greek language. The word's meaning is not limited to a specific direction or location, but rather serves as a general indicator of relation or association. In its various uses, πρός can express movement towards something (e.g., approaching a person or place), but it can also signify a relationship or connection between entities (e.g., being with someone or something). This dual nature of πρός allows it to be used in a wide range of contexts, from physical proximity to abstract associations. The significance of πρός lies in its ability to convey a sense of connection and relationship, which is a fundamental aspect of human experience. Its frequent use in the Bible highlights the importance of relationships and interactions in the human condition, and its versatility underscores the complexity and nuance of these relationships.
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Occurrences in Scripture
735 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”
Matthew 2:12Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
Matthew 3:5Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
Matthew 3:10“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 3:13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
Matthew 3:14But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
Matthew 3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
Matthew 4:6and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
Matthew 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 6:1“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Matthew 10:6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10:13If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.
Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 26:12For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
Matthew 13:2Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
Matthew 13:56Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
Matthew 14:25In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
Matthew 14:28Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”
Matthew 14:29He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
Matthew 17:14When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, and saying,
Matthew 19:8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
Matthew 19:14But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
Matthew 21:32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
Matthew 21:34When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
Matthew 21:37But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Matthew 23:5But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Matthew 23:34Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
Matthew 23:37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
Matthew 25:9But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
Matthew 25:36I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Matthew 25:39When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’
Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,
Matthew 26:18He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ ”
Matthew 26:18He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ ”
Matthew 26:40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?
Matthew 26:45Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.
Matthew 26:57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Matthew 27:4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
Matthew 27:14He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
Matthew 27:19While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
Mark 11:1When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
Matthew 27:62Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Mark 1:5All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
Mark 1:27They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
Mark 1:32At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
Mark 1:33All the city was gathered together at the door.
Mark 1:40A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”