Word Summary
prōi: early
Original Word: πρωΐTransliteration: prōi
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-ee')
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: early
Meaning: early
Strong's Concordance
early, morning.
Adverb from pro; at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch -- early (in the morning), (in the) morning.
see GREEK pro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4404: πρωΐ´πρωΐ´ (
WH πρωι< (cf. Iota, at the end)) (Attic
πρώ (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 5, 4 d.)), adverb (from
πρό), from
Homer down, the
Sept. often for
בֹּקֶר,
in the morning, early (opposed to
ὀψέ):
John 18:28 G L T Tr WH;
Matthew 16:3 (opposed here to
ὀψίας γενομένης (but
T brackets;
WH reject the passage)); (
Matthew 21:18 T Tr text
WH);
Mark 1:35;
Mark 11:20;
Mark 16:9; (
πρωι<,
σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης,
John 20:1);
λίαν πρωι<, followed (in
R G) by a genitive of the day (cf. Kühner, § 414, 5 c.
β'. ii., p. 292),
Mark 16:2;
ἅμα πρωι<,
Matthew 20:1;
ἐπί τό πρωι<,
Mark 15:1 (
R G);
ἀπό πρωι< ἕως ἑσπέρας,
Acts 28:23. Used specifically of the fourth watch of the night, i. e. the time from 3 o'clock in the morning until 6, according to our reckoning ((cf.
B. D. under the word
)), Mark 13:35.