adverb
prōi
Strong’sG4404
early in the morning, at dawn
stem prōi-12 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
πρωΐ describes the early part of the day: early in the morning, at dawn 1234. It is used of things happening at daybreak or, more loosely, simply "early" 13, including the sense "early the next morning" 3. By implication the word can also point to the daybreak watch, the period of time marked by that hour 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
πρωί (Rec. πρωΐ),
adv.(< πρό), [in LXX chiefly for בֹּקֶר, בַּבֹּקֶר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4404 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpro-ee'
at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch
Fromadverb from G4253;
King Jamesearly (in the morning), (in the) morning.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect πρῴRefs 5th c.BC+: adverb: (πρό):— early in the day, at morn, opposed to ὀψέ (accusative to Refs 4th c.BC+, the forenoon, between ἀνατολή and μεσημβρία), πρωῒ (variant{πρῶϊ}) ὑπηοῖοι Refs 8th c.BC+; πρῲ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ early next morning, NT+5th c.BC+
2 generally, betimes, early, Refs 8th c.BC+
3 ={πρὸ καιροῦ} Refs 5th c.BC+, too soon, too early, πρῴ γε στενάζεις (variant{πρό}) Refs 5th c.BC+; but usually πρωϊαίτερον (or πρῳαίτερον), πρωϊαίτατα (or πρῳαίτατα), Hp. [prev. cited] (variant), Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
prōi11×
Matthew 16:3kai prōi; Sēmeron cheimōnos, purrazatō gar stugnazarōntos tos …and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for …
Matthew 20:1… ouranoiu anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos exerchata hama prōi misthera ergatoin eis ton ampelōnon autou.… like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Mark 1:35Kai prōi ennucheim liōs anastēarantos exerchata kai aperchata …Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus …
Mark 11:20Kai paraporeuorōntois prōi horala tan sukan xēranorēntan ek rizaiu.As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered …
Mark 13:35… opse ē mesonuktiem ē alektorofōniau ē prōi,… midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
Mark 15:1Kai euthuos prōi sumbouliem poiarantois tois archierevois meta toiu …Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and …
Mark 16:2kai liōs prōi ta hena teiu sabbateiu ercholō epi …Very early on the first day of the …
Mark 16:9Anastēarantos de prōi prōta sabbateu fanita prōtem Maria ta …Early on the first day of the …
John 18:28… Kaiafou eis tem praitōriem; ate de prōi; kai autois ouk eiserchala eis tem …… the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter …
John 20:1… teiu sabbateiu Marias tas Magdalēnas erchotō prōi skotiau ēti arōntau eis tem mnēmeiem, …Early on the first day of the …
Acts 28:23… nomou Mōusou kai toiu profētoiu apo prōi heōs hesperau.… staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom …
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Matthew 21:18Prōi de epanagarōntos eis tan polan peinata.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the …