ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen · G1715

before

ἔμ-προσθεν ; adv. ; of place (in cl. also of time), ; [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ; ] ; 1. adverbially, before, in front: Luk.19:28; εἰς τὸ ἔ., Luk.19:4; opposite to ὄπισθεν, Rev.4:6; opposite to τὰ ὀπίσω, τὰ ἔ., Php.3:13. ; 2. As prep., before; (a) in front of: Mat.5:24 6:2 7:6 11:10 27:29, Luk.5:19 7:27 14:2, Jhn.3:28 10:4, Rev.19:10 22:8; (b) in the presence of: Mat.27:11, Gal.2:14, 1Th.1:3 2:19 3:9 3:13; ὁμολουεῖν, ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dalman, Words, 210), Mat.10:32, 36 26:70, Luk.12:8; in forensic sense, Mat.25:32 27:11, Luk.21:36, Act.18:17, 2Co.5:10, 1Th.2:19, I Jn 3:19; εὐδοκία (θέλημά) ἐστι ἔ. θεοῦ (a targumic formula; Dalman, Words, 211), Mat.11:26 18:14, Luk.10:21; (with) in the sight of: …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἔμπροσθ-εν, ; sometimes also ἔμπροσθε []. ; I adverb, ; I.1 of Place, before, in front, []; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, []; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, []; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, []; I.2 of Time, before, of old, []; τὰ ἔ. []; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, []; II as preposition with genitive, before, in front of, ; II.1 of Place, ἐ. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς νηός) []; II.2 of Time, ἔ. ταύτης (i.e. τῆς γνώμης) []; ἔ. εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be beforehand with events, []; II.3 of Degree, ἔ. τοῦ δικαίου …

Where it's used 50 times

Matthew 5:16 · Matthew 5:24 · Matthew 6:1 · Matthew 6:2 · Matthew 7:6 · Matthew 10:32 · Matthew 10:33 · Matthew 11:10 · Matthew 11:26 · Matthew 17:2 · Matthew 18:14 · Matthew 23:13 · Matthew 25:32 · Matthew 26:70 · Matthew 27:11 · Matthew 27:29 · Mark 1:2 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 9:2 · Luke 5:19 · Luke 7:27 · Luke 10:21 · Luke 12:8 · Luke 14:2 · Luke 19:4 · Luke 19:27 · Luke 19:28 · Luke 21:36 · John 1:15 · John 1:27 · John 1:30 · John 3:28 · John 10:4 · John 12:37 · Acts 10:4 · Acts 18:17 · 2 Corinthians 5:10 · Galatians 2:14 · Philippians 3:13 · 1 Thessalonians 1:3 · 1 Thessalonians 2:19 · 1 Thessalonians 3:9 · 1 Thessalonians 3:13 · 1 John 3:19 · Revelation 4:6 · Revelation 19:10 · Revelation 22:8 … and 3 more

Source: TBESG G1715; TFLSJ G1715

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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