The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πρίν

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaπρίν
Citation formπρίν
Part of speechadverb
Glossformerly, before
Strong’sG4250
Transliterationprín
Definitionprior, sooner
KJV glosses:--before (that), ere.
Derivationadverb from
SBLGNT occurrences13

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πρὶν
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Matthew 1:18
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Matthew 26:34
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — John 14:29
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — Mark 14:30
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — Luke 2:26
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — John 4:49
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — John 8:58
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — Acts 2:20
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — Acts 25:16
conjunction (MorphGNT --------) — Acts 7:2
Πρὶν
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Matthew 26:75
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Mark 14:72
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Luke 22:61

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πριν.