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πρίν

Adverb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρίν

Sense

  1. before, sooner, formerly, (of future time, with future indicative)
  2. (of past time) formerly, once

Examples

  • καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ὡσ φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι, ἵνα φάγω, ὅπωσ εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:4)
  • ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Λάβαν. οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτωσ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἡμῶν, δοῦναι τὴν νεωτέραν πρὶν ἢ τὴν πρεσβυτέραν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:26)
  • εἶπαν δὲ αἱ μαῖαι τῷ Φαραώ. οὐχ ὡσ γυναῖκεσ Αἰγύπτου αἱ Ἑβραῖαι, τίκτουσι γὰρ πρὶν ἢ εἰσελθεῖν πρὸσ αὐτὰσ τὰσ μαίασ. καὶ ἔτικτον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 1:19)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσ ἐξήλθοσαν οἱ διώκοντεσ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ πρὶν ἢ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτούσ, αὕτη δὲ ἀνέβη πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 2:8)
  • καὶ πρὶν θυμιαθῆναι τὸ στέαρ, ἤρχετο τὸ παιδάριον τοῦ ἱερέωσ καὶ ἔλεγε τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ θύοντι. δὸσ κρέασ ὀπτῆσαι τῷ ἱερεῖ, καὶ οὐ μὴ λάβω παρὰ σοῦ κρέασ ἑφθὸν ἐκ τοῦ λέβητοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:15)

Synonyms

  1. before

  2. formerly

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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