Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

πρός

Vocabulary form: 
provV
Definition: 

acc: to, towards, with

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.

Mnemonics

Proost! is a toast in Dutch that means TO your health.

I fell PROSstrate TOWARDs the king.

Biblical Concordance

Luke 15:20 So he left that place and went to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his father. While he was still a long way from home, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and fell upon his neck and kissed him.
Luke 15:22 But the father said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his servants, ‘Quickly bring out a robe — the best one — and put it on him, and give him a ring for his finger, and sandals for his feet.
Luke 16:1 Then Jesus also said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his assets.
Luke 16:20 And a poor man by the name of Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was laid at (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the gate,
Luke 16:26 Besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been put in place, so that those wishing to cross over from here to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you are not able, and no one can cross from there to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) us.’
Luke 16:30 Then the rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone from the dead goes to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, they will repent.’
Luke 17:1 And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) his disciples, “It is inevitable that occasions for stumbling will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
Luke 17:4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Luke 17:22 And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the disciples, “Days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the effect that they should continue to pray at all times and never give up.
Luke 18:3 There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’
Luke 18:9 He also told this parable to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) some who were confident in themselves, because they were righteous, and treated others with contempt.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
Luke 18:31 Taking the twelve aside, he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets regarding the Son of Man will be carried out.
Luke 18:40 Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him. When the man had come near, Jesus asked him,
Luke 19:5 As he came to that spot, Jesus looked up and said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and climb down, for today I must stay at your house.”
Luke 19:8 Zacchaeus, as he stood there, said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the Lord, “Look, half of what I own, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will repay fourfold.”
Luke 19:9 Jesus said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he too is a son of Abraham.
Luke 19:13 So, calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, ‘Conduct business until I return.’
Luke 19:29 It happened that as he came near Bethphage and Bethany to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the hill called “The Mount of Olives,” he sent two of his disciples,
Luke 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
Luke 19:35 Then they brought it to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Jesus, and throwing their cloaks onto the colt, they put Jesus on it.
Luke 19:37 As he was already approaching to (pros | πρός | prep-dat) the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
Luke 19:39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
Luke 19:42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for (pros | πρός | prep-acc) peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Luke 20:2 and spoke to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him, saying, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things; or who it is who gave you this authority?”
Luke 20:3 He answered, saying to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “I will also ask you a question, and you must give me the answer:
Luke 20:5 They reasoned among (pros | πρός | prep-acc) themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ then he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
Luke 20:9 Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants; then he went away for quite some time.
Luke 20:10 When the season came, he sent a servant to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the tenants so that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Luke 20:14 When the tenants saw him, they reasoned among (pros | πρός | prep-acc) themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’
Luke 20:19 The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, but they feared the people.
Luke 20:23 But he realized their duplicity, and said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them,
Luke 20:25 He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Luke 20:41 Then he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “How can they say that the Messiah is to be a son of David?
Luke 21:38 And all the people came to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) him in the temple at dawn to listen to him.
Luke 22:15 He said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “With great desire I desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer!
Luke 22:23 And they began to question one another, which of them it might be who would do this.
Luke 22:45 When he rose from prayer, he went back to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the disciples and found them sleeping from grief.
Luke 22:52 Then Jesus said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) those who had come out against him — the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, “Why did you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luke 22:56 Seeing him sitting at (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the fire, a certain servant girl looked at him intently and said, “This man also was with him.”
Luke 22:70 They all said, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” And he said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “You say that I am.”
Luke 23:4 Then Pilate said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
Luke 23:7 Learning that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him off to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.
Luke 23:12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been hostile toward (pros | πρός | prep-acc) one other.
Luke 23:14 and said to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “You brought me this man as one who was trying to mislead the people. And indeed, having examined him in your presence, I found no basis for your charges against this man.
Luke 23:15 For that matter, neither did Herod, for he sent him back to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.
Luke 23:22 A third time he spoke to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, “What evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”
Luke 23:28 Turning to (pros | πρός | prep-acc) them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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