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    Pryor

    PRY-er

    Meaning

    Prior; One who came before

    English/Latin origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Pryor follows the forerunner Jesus — entered heaven ahead, preparing a place, the one who goes before to make way for those who follow.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”

    Hebrews 6:20

    “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

    John 14:2

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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