GreekG1799Preposition

ἐνώπιον

enōpion

87Occurrences
G1799Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

in the face of (literally or figuratively)

neuter of a compound of G1722 (ἐν) and a derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
face to face, in sight (Theocr.; ἄρτοι ἐ., ): neut., ἐνώπιον, in vernacular, with force of prep. with genitive [in LXX for פָּנִים, עַיִן, etc., cf. Dalman, Words, 31 f., 209 f., and Deiss., BS., 213], in NT, most frequently in Lk, Ac, Re, never in Mt, Mk, before, in the presence of: esp. ἐ. *Κυρίου *(θεοῦ), in the sight of God, or with God as witness or as judge
LXX: for פָּנִים, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

ἐνώπιον appears 87 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
31
Luke
20
Acts
13
1 Timothy
6
2 Corinthians
3
Romans
3
2 Timothy
2
Hebrews
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:29BSB

so that no one may boast in His presence.

Acts 10:33BSB

So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

Luke 1:17BSB

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 5:25BSB

And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Revelation 20:12BSB

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne.And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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