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 7:44 | Then turning toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the woman, he said to Simon, “You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not provide water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. |
| Luke 7:50 | He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” |
| Luke 8:4 | As a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus from one town after another, he spoke using a parable. |
| Luke 8:13 | Those that fall on rock are the ones who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but they have no root — they believe for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) a while but in a time of testing they fall away. |
| Luke 8:19 | The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. |
| Luke 8:21 | In response he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Those who hear and do the word of God are my mother and my brothers.” |
| Luke 8:22 | It happened in one of those days that he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out from shore. |
| Luke 8:25 | He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were afraid and amazed, saying to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one another, “Who, then, is this that he commands even the winds and the water and they obey him?” |
| Luke 8:35 | Then people went out to see what happened, and they came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had come out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. |
| Luke 9:3 | He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Take nothing on the journey — no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money. No one is to have two tunics. |
| Luke 9:13 | But he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” |
| Luke 9:14 | For there were about five thousand men. He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” |
| Luke 9:23 | Then he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) all, “If someone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross daily, and let him follow me. |
| Luke 9:33 | As the men were about to leave him, Peter said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” — not knowing what he was saying. |
| Luke 9:41 | In answer Jesus said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you and put up with you? Bring your son here.” |
| Luke 9:43 | And all were astonished at the majesty of God. While they were all still marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his disciples, |
| Luke 9:50 | Jesus said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Do not try to stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.” |
| Luke 9:57 | As they were going along the road, someone said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “I will follow you wherever you are heading.” |
| Luke 9:59 | He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) another person, “Follow me.” But that one said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” |
| Luke 9:62 | Jesus said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” |
| Luke 10:2 | And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. |
| Luke 10:23 | Having turned to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the disciples, he said to them privately, “Fortunate are the eyes that see what you see! |
| Luke 10:26 | He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” |
| Luke 10:29 | But he, wishing to justify himself, said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” |
| Luke 10:39 | She had a sister called Mary, who, after she had seated herself at (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the feet of the Lord, was listening to his teaching. |
| Luke 11:1 | Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished one of his disciples said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” |
| Luke 11:5 | He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, |
| Luke 11:6 | since a friend of mine has come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me from a journey and I do not have anything to set before him’; |
| Luke 11:39 | The Lord said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but the inside of you is full of greed and wickedness. |
| Luke 12:1 | In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say (to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. |
| Luke 12:3 | All that you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you said in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. |
| Luke 12:15 | And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Watch out and be on guard against all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” |
| Luke 12:16 | Then he told a parable to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, saying: “The land of a certain rich man produced a good crop. |
| Luke 12:22 | He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear. |
| Luke 12:41 | Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) us or to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) everyone?” |
| Luke 12:47 | “And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act in accord with (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his will, will be beaten with many blows. |
| Luke 12:58 | So when you go with your opponent before the magistrate, make an effort to receive a settlement from him on the way; otherwise he will drag you off to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into prison. |
| Luke 13:7 | And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the vineyard worker, ‘Look, for three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Remove it. Why should it use up the soil?’ |
| Luke 13:23 | Someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, |
| Luke 13:34 | “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) it! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you did not want it! |
| Luke 14:3 | In response Jesus spoke to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to heal, or not?” |
| Luke 14:5 | And to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, he said, “Which of you, when his son or his ox has fallen into a well, does not immediately pull it up, even though the be a Sabbath? |
| Luke 14:6 | And they were not able to give an answer to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) this. |
| Luke 14:7 | He began speaking a parable to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) those who had been invited when he noticed how they were seeking out the places of honor. He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, |
| Luke 14:23 | The master said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and urge people to come in, so that my house may be filled. |
| Luke 14:25 | Great crowds of people were traveling with him, and he turned and said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 14:32 | And if not, while he is yet a great way off, he will send a delegation and ask for terms of (pros | πρός | prep-acc) peace. |
| Luke 15:3 | So he told them this parable. |
| Luke 15:18 | I will leave this place and go to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; |
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.