ἐνώπιον enōpion · G1799
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ἐνώπιος, -ον; (ὤψ), [in LXX for פָּנִים, etc. ; ] ; face to face, in sight (Theocr.; ἄρτοι ἐ., Exo.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: Luk.1:19 Luk.4:7, Act.4:10 Act.6:5, Rev.1:4 2:14, al.; esp. ἐ. Κυρίου (θεοῦ), in the sight of God, or with God as witness or as judge, Rom.14:22, 1Co.1:29, 1Ti.2:3, Jas.4:10, 1Pe.3:4, al. ; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἐνώπ-ιος, ον, ; (ὤψ) facing, to the front, πρό τ᾽ ἐνώπια []face to face, []; ἄρτοι ἐ. shewbread, []; διαστολῶν γεγονυιῶν ὑμῖν καὶ ἐνοπίοις (sic) καὶ διὰ γραμμάτων in person, []; II neuter ἐνώπιον as adverb, face to face, []; in person, []: as preposition with genitive, []. Regul. adverb -ίως[]
Where it's used 95 times
Luke 1:15 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 1:19 · Luke 1:75 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 4:7 · Luke 5:18 · Luke 5:25 · Luke 8:47 · Luke 12:6 · Luke 12:9 · Luke 13:26 · Luke 14:10 · Luke 15:10 · Luke 15:18 · Luke 15:21 · Luke 16:15 · Luke 23:14 · Luke 24:11 · Luke 24:43 · John 20:30 · Acts 2:25 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 4:19 · Acts 6:5 · Acts 6:6 · Acts 7:46 · Acts 9:15 · Acts 10:30 · Acts 10:31 · Acts 10:33 · Acts 19:9 · Acts 19:19 · Acts 27:35 · Romans 3:20 · Romans 12:17 · Romans 14:22 · 1 Corinthians 1:29 · 2 Corinthians 4:2 · 2 Corinthians 7:12 · 2 Corinthians 8:21 · Galatians 1:20 · 1 Timothy 2:3 · 1 Timothy 5:4 · 1 Timothy 5:20 · 1 Timothy 5:21 · 1 Timothy 6:12 · 1 Timothy 6:13 · 2 Timothy 2:14 · 2 Timothy 4:1 · Hebrews 4:13 · Hebrews 13:21 · James 4:10 · 1 Peter 3:4 · 1 John 3:22 · 3 John 1:6 · Revelation 1:4 · Revelation 2:14 · Revelation 3:2 · Revelation 3:5 … and 35 more
Source: TBESG G1799; TFLSJ G1799
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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