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To/with

πρόςStrong’s G4314

pros

Appears in 672 verses of the New Testament

In short

Pros is the Greek word usually translated “to”, “with” and “for”. It appears in 672 verses of the New Testament.

“Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?”
2 Thessalonians 2:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “to”, “with” and “for”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to 502
  • with 47
  • for 42
  • toward 29
  • against 21
  • at 20
  • unto 16
  • among 10

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 162
  • Acts 126
  • John 91
  • Mark 65
  • Matthew 42
  • 2 Corinthians 33

26 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 672 verses, by book
Philippians 5
1:262:252:304:64:23
2 Thessalonians 5
2:53:13:83:103:18
1 Timothy 4
1:163:144:74:8
Philemon 4
1:51:131:151:25
James 2
4:54:14
1 Peter 3
2:43:154:12
2 Peter 2
1:33:16
2 John 2
1:101:12
3 John 1
1:14
Greek dictionary

πρός pros · to/with

πρός, prep. with genitive, dative, accusative I. I. C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of, Act.27:34 (cf. Page, in l.). II. II. C. dative, of local proximity, hard by, near, at: Mrk.5:11, Luk.19:37, Jhn.18:16 20:11, 12 Rev.1:13. III. C. accusative, of motion or direction towards a place or object, to, towards. 1. Of place, …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “to” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TO, preposition

  1. Noting motion towards a place; opposed to from, or placed after another word expressing motion towards.
  2. Noting motion towards a state or condition.
  3. Noting accord or adaptation; as an occupation suited to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
  4. Noting address or compellation, or the direction of a discourse.
All definitions
  1. Noting attention or application.“Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them” 1 Timothy 4:15
  2. Noting addition.“Add to your faith, virtue” 2 Peter 1:5
  3. Noting opposition.
  4. Noting amount, rising to They met us, to the number of three hundred.
  5. Noting proportion; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty seven.
  6. Noting possession or appropriation.
  7. Noting perception; as a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind.
  8. Noting the subject of an affirmation.
  9. In comparison of.
  10. As far as.
  11. Noting intention.
  12. After an adjective, noting the object; as deaf to the cries of distress; alive to the sufferings of the poor.
  13. Noting obligation; as duty to God and to our parents.
  14. Noting enmity; as a dislike to spiritus liquors.
  15. Towards; as, she stretched her arms to heaven.
  16. Noting effect or end.
  17. to as a sign of the infinitive, precedes the radical verb.
  18. It precedes the radical verb after adjectives, noting the object; as ready to go; prompt to obey; quick to hear, but slow to censure.
  19. It precedes the radical verb, noting the object.
  20. It precedes the radical verb, noting consequence.
  21. It notes extent, degree or end.
  22. After the substantive verb, and with the radical verb, it denotes futurity.
  23. After have, it denotes duty or necessity.
  24. To-day, to-night, to-morrow, are peculiar phrases derived from our ancestors. to in the two first, has the sense or force of this; this day, this night.“I withstood him face to face” Galatians 2:11

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.