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ἐνώπιον

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greekNew TestamentPreposition94 occurrences15 books86 verses

Definition

ἐνώπιος, -ον

(ὤψ), [in LXX for פָּנִים, etc. ;]

face to face, in sight (Theocr.; ἄρτοι ἐ., Exodus 25:29): 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: Luke 1:19, Luke 4:7, Acts 4:10, Acts 6:5, Revelation 1:4; 2:14, al.; esp. ἐ. Κυρίου (θεοῦ), in the sight of God, or with God as witness or as judge, Romans 14:22, 1 Corinthians 1:29, 1 Timothy 2:3, James 4:10, 1 Peter 3:4, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐνώπιον:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

94 total
  1. Luke 1:15ἐνώπιον · in the sight
    …for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  2. Luke 1:17ἐνώπιον · before
    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.”
  3. Luke 1:19ἐνώπιον · in the presence of
    “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
  4. Luke 1:75ἐνώπιον · before
    …in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
  5. Luke 1:76ἐνώπιον · before
    And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
  6. Luke 4:7ἐνώπιον
    So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
  7. Luke 5:18ἐνώπιον · before
    Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
  8. Luke 5:25ἐνώπιον · before
    And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
  9. Luke 8:47ἐνώπιον · In the presence of
    Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.
  10. Luke 12:6ἐνώπιον · by
    Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
  11. Luke 12:9ἐνώπιον · before; ἐνώπιον · before
    But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
  12. Luke 13:26ἐνώπιόν
    Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
  13. Luke 14:10ἐνώπιον · in front of
    But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
  14. Luke 15:10ἐνώπιον · in the presence
    In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
  15. Luke 15:18ἐνώπιόν · against
    I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
  16. Luke 15:21ἐνώπιόν · against
    The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
  17. Luke 16:15ἐνώπιον · before; ἐνώπιον · before
    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
  18. Luke 23:14ἐνώπιον · in your presence
    …and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
  19. Luke 24:11ἐνώπιον · to
    But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
  20. Luke 24:43ἐνώπιον · in front of
    …and He took it and ate it in front of them.
  21. John 20:30ἐνώπιον · in the presence
    Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
  22. Acts 2:25ἐνώπιόν · before
    David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  23. Acts 4:10ἐνώπιον · before
    …then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
  24. Acts 4:19ἐνώπιον · in God’s sight
    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
  25. Acts 6:5ἐνώπιον
    This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
  26. Acts 6:6ἐνώπιον · to
    They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
  27. Acts 7:46ἐνώπιον · in the sight
    …who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
  28. Acts 9:15ἐνώπιον · before
    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
  29. Acts 10:30ἐνώπιόν · before
    Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
  30. Acts 10:31ἐνώπιον · before
    …and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
  31. Acts 10:33ἐνώπιον · in the presence
    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.”
  32. Acts 19:9ἐνώπιον
    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
  33. Acts 19:19ἐνώπιον · in front of
    And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
  34. Acts 27:35ἐνώπιον · in front of
    After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
  35. Romans 3:20ἐνώπιον · in His sight
    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  36. Romans 12:17ἐνώπιον · in the eyes of
    Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
  37. Romans 14:22ἐνώπιον · [and]
    Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
  38. 1 Corinthians 1:29ἐνώπιον · in [His] presence
    …so that no one may boast in His presence.
  39. 2 Corinthians 4:2ἐνώπιον · in the sight of
    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
  40. 2 Corinthians 7:12ἐνώπιον · in the sight
    So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
  41. 2 Corinthians 8:21ἐνώπιον · in the eyes; ἐνώπιον · in the eyes
    For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
  42. Galatians 1:20ἐνώπιον · before
    I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
  43. 1 Timothy 2:3ἐνώπιον · in the sight of
    This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
  44. 1 Timothy 5:4ἐνώπιον · in the sight of
    But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
  45. 1 Timothy 5:20ἐνώπιον · in front of
    But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
  46. 1 Timothy 5:21ἐνώπιον · before
    I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
  47. 1 Timothy 6:12ἐνώπιον · before
    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.