prin · before

What it means

prin (πρίν) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “before”.

Before that.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Marks that something happens earlier than something else.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×3
• Acts×3

• Matthew 1:18

  Now the origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this: when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 26:34

  Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you that on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

• Matthew 26:75

  And Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

• Mark 14:30

  And Jesus says to him, “Truly I tell you that you today, this night, before the rooster crows twice, will deny me three times.”

• Mark 14:72

  And at once a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And breaking down, he was weeping.

• Luke 2:26

  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

• Luke 22:61

  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

• John 4:49

  The royal official says to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

• John 8:58

  Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came to be, I am.”

• John 14:29

  And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

• Acts 2:20

  The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

• Acts 7:2

  And he said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

• Acts 25:16

  To them I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused has the accusers face to face and has received an opportunity for a defense concerning the charge.