Prepend content to the inside of every matched element. This operation is the best way to insert elements inside, at the beginning, of all matched elements. append(<Content>) before(<Content>) after(<Content>) Content to prepend to the target. Prepends some HTML to all paragraphs. I would like to say: $("p").prepend("Hello"); HelloI would like to say: Prepends an Element to all paragraphs. I would like to say: Hello $("p").prepend( $("#foo")[0] ); HelloI would like to say: Prepends a jQuery object (similar to an Array of DOM Elements) to all paragraphs. I would like to say: Hello $("p").prepend( $("b") ); HelloI would like to say: