◄ 1715. emprosthen ►
Strong's Concordance emprosthen: before, in front of (in place or time) Original Word: ἔμπροσθεν Part of Speech: Adverb; Preposition Transliteration: emprosthen Phonetic Spelling: (em'-pros-then) Short Definition: in front, before the face Definition: in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1715: ἔμπροσθεν ἔμπροσθεν (Tdf. in Revelation 4:6 ἐνπροσθεν (see ἐν, III. 3; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 8)), adverb of place and of time (from ἐν and πρόσθεν, properly, in the fore part); (from Herodotus down); the Sept. chiefly for לִפְנֵי; before. In the N. T. used only of place; 1. adverbially, in front, before: Revelation 4:6 (opposed to ὄπισθεν, as in Palaeph. 29, 2). before: πορεύεσθαι, to precede, to go before, Luke 19:28; προδραμών ἔμπροσθεν, Luke 19:4 (T WH εἰς τό ἔμπροσθεν, cf. Herodotus 4, 61 (8, 89)), like προπορεύεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 23 (figuratively, Plato, Gorgias, p. 497 a. προιθι εἰς τό ἔμπροσθεν); τά ἔμπροσθεν the things which lie before one advancing, the goal set before one, Philippians 3:13 (14) (opposed to τά ὀπίσω). 2. it serves as a preposition, with the genitive (Buttmann, 319 (274); Winers Grammar, § 54, 6); a. before, i. e. in that local region which is in front of a person or a thing: Matthew 5:24; Matthew 7:6; Luke 5:19; Luke 14:2; to prostrate oneself ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8; γονυπέτειν ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 27:29; πορεύεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to go before one, John 10:4; ἀποστέλλεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to be sent before one, John 3:28; σαλπίζειν ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 6:2; τήν ὁδόν κατασκευάσαι, where ἔμπροσθεν τίνος is nearly equivalent to a dative (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150)), Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2 Rec.; Luke 7:27. b. before, in the presence of, equivalent to opposite to, over against one: στῆναι, Matthew 27:11; ὁμολογεῖν and ἀρνεῖσθαι (Buttmann, 176 (153)), Matthew 10:32; Matthew 26:70; Luke 12:8,(9 Lachmann); also Galatians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 13; before one, i. e. at his tribunal: Matthew 25:32; Matthew 27:11; Luke 21:36; Acts 18:17; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; (1 John 3:19). Here belong the expressions εὐδοκία, θέλημα ἐστι ἔμπροσθεν Θεοῦ, it is the good pleasure, the will of God, Matthew 11:26; Matthew 18:14; Luke 10:21, formed after Chaldean usage; for in 1 Samuel 12:22 the words יְהוָה הואִיל, God wills, Jonathan the targumist renders יְהוָה קֲדָם רַעֲוָא; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 329f; (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150)). o. before i. e. in the sight of one: Matthew 5:16; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 23:13 (); Mark 2:12 T Tr marginal reading WH; ; Luke 19:27; John 12:37; Acts 10:4 L T Tr WH. d. before, denoting rank: γεγονέναι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to have obtained greater dignity than another, John 1:15, 30, also R L brackets; (Genesis 48:20 ἔθηκε τόν Αφραιμ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Μανασσῆ; (cf. Plato, legg. 1,631 d.; 5, 743 e.; 7, 805 d.)). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance against, before, in presence of, in sight of. From en and pros; in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time) -- against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of. see GREEK en see GREEK pros Forms and Transliterations εμπροσθεν έμπροσθεν έμπροσθέν ἔμπροσθεν ἔμπροσθέν εμπρόσθια εμπροσθίων εμπτυσμάτων emprosthen émprosthen émprosthén Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1715 48 Occurrences ἔμπροσθεν — 48 Occ. Matthew 5:16 Prep GRK: φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων NAS: shine before men KJV: so shine before men, that INT: light of you before men Matthew 5:24 Prep GRK: δῶρόν σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου NAS: there before the altar KJV: thy gift before the altar, and INT: gift of you before the altar Matthew 6:1 Prep GRK: μὴ ποιεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων NAS: your righteousness before men KJV: your alms before men, to be seen INT: not to do before the men Matthew 6:2 Prep GRK: μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου ὥσπερ NAS: to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites KJV: not sound a trumpet before thee, as INT: not do sound a trumpet before you as Matthew 7:6 Prep GRK: μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων NAS: your pearls before swine, KJV: ye your pearls before swine, lest INT: pearls of you before the pigs Matthew 10:32 Prep GRK: ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων NAS: confesses Me before men, KJV: shall confess me before men, INT: in me before men Matthew 10:32 Prep GRK: ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός NAS: confess him before My Father KJV: will I confess also before my Father INT: in him before the Father Matthew 10:33 Prep GRK: ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων NAS: denies Me before men, KJV: deny me before men, him INT: shall deny me before men Matthew 10:33 Prep GRK: κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός NAS: deny him before My Father KJV: will I also deny before my Father INT: I also him before the Father Matthew 11:10 Prep GRK: ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου NAS: WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.' KJV: thy way before thee. INT: way of you before you Matthew 11:26 Prep GRK: εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν σου NAS: was well-pleasing in Your sight. KJV: good in thy sight. INT: well-pleasing it was before you Matthew 17:2 Prep GRK: καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν καὶ NAS: And He was transfigured before them; and His face KJV: And was transfigured before them: and INT: And he was transfigured before them and Matthew 18:14 Prep GRK: ἔστιν θέλημα ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός KJV: not the will of your Father INT: it is [the] will of the Father Matthew 23:13 Prep GRK: τῶν οὐρανῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων KJV: the kingdom of heaven against men: for INT: of the heavens before men Matthew 25:32 Prep GRK: καὶ συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα NAS: will be gathered before Him; and He will separate KJV: And before him shall be gathered INT: and will be gathered before him all Matthew 26:70 Prep GRK: δὲ ἠρνήσατο ἔμπροσθεν πάντων λέγων NAS: But he denied [it] before them all, KJV: he denied before [them] all, INT: moreover he denied before all saying Matthew 27:11 Prep GRK: Ἰησοὺς ἐστάθη ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ἡγεμόνος NAS: stood before the governor, KJV: Jesus stood before the governor: and INT: Jesus stood before the governor Matthew 27:29 Prep GRK: καὶ γονυπετήσαντες ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἐνέπαιξαν NAS: and they knelt down before Him and mocked KJV: they bowed the knee before him, INT: and having bowed the knees before him they mocked Mark 2:12 Prep GRK: κράβαττον ἐξῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν πάντων ὥστε NAS: and went out in the sight of everyone, INT: mat went forth before all so that Mark 9:2 Prep GRK: καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν NAS: And He was transfigured before them; KJV: and he was transfigured before them. INT: And he was transfigured before them Luke 5:19 Prep GRK: τὸ μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ NAS: into the middle [of the crowd], in front of Jesus. KJV: into the midst before Jesus. INT: the midst before Jesus Luke 7:27 Prep GRK: ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου NAS: WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.' KJV: thy way before thee. INT: way of you before you Luke 10:21 Prep GRK: εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν σου NAS: was well-pleasing in Your sight. KJV: in thy sight. INT: well-pleasing was it before you Luke 12:8 Prep GRK: ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων NAS: who confesses Me before men, the Son KJV: shall confess me before men, INT: in me before the men Luke 12:8 Prep GRK: ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀγγέλων NAS: him also before the angels KJV: also confess before the angels of God: INT: in him before the angels 48 Occurrences