What is the Strong's number for Pros?

The Strong's number for Pros (πρός) is G4314. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Pros (Strong’s G4314): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Pros mean?

Pros (πρός, Strong's G4314) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated). The King James Bible translates it as about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in).

Pros (πρός) is the Greek word numbered G4314 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated). In the King James Bible it is translated about, according to, against, among, at.

πρός

prós · Greek

Strong’s G4314 · pros

Original wordπρός
Transliterationprós
Pronunciationpros
Strong’s numberG4314
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)

Derivation. a strengthened form of G4253;

How the King James Bible translates it

about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in).

Where Pros appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Pros (G4314) stands behind 702 English renderings in 651 verses across 26 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (160), Acts (137), John (99).

How the King James Bible renders Pros, by count

unto338 of 702 (48 percent)
to193 of 702 (27 percent)
with43 of 702 (6 percent)
for26 of 702 (4 percent)
against23 of 702 (3 percent)
among20 of 702 (3 percent)

Three places to read Pros

Matthew 2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Luke 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Acts 22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Pros in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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