Strong G1715ἔμπροσθεν
before
- Transliteration
- emprosthen
- Pronunciation
- em'-pros-then
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
Detailed definition
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: Mat.5:16 6:1 17:2 23:14, Mrk.2:12 9:2, Luk.19:27, Jhn.12:37, Act.10:4;
__(d) of rank and dignity (Dem., Plat., al.; LXX, Gen.48:20): Jhn.1:15, 30.†
(AS)
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: Mat.5:16 6:1 17:2 23:14, Mrk.2:12 9:2, Luk.19:27, Jhn.12:37, Act.10:4;
__(d) of rank and dignity (Dem., Plat., al.; LXX, Gen.48:20): Jhn.1:15, 30.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1715 appears in 45 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- before37
- sight3
- in2
- against1
- at1
- of1
- presence1
- them1
First verses
- Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matthew 10:32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 10:33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Matthew 11:26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Matthew 18:14Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
- Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
- Matthew 25:32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
- Matthew 26:70But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
- Matthew 27:11And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
- Matthew 27:29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Mark 9:2And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
- Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
- Luke 7:27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔμπροσθ-εν,
sometimes also ἔμπροσθε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62, 7.144, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 4.10, in Poets for the sake of meter, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.20, 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.14, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.590: neither form in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or Trag., τοὔμπροσθεν uncertain in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1228)].
I adverb,
I.1 of Place, before, in front, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.23)]; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 2.3.55, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62, etc.)]; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.61)]; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.6: _metaphorically_, εἰστοὔμπ. προελθεῖν Isoc. [prev. cited])]
I.2 of Time, before, of old, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277d, etc.)]; τὰ ἔ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 448e; τὰ ἔ. τούτων ῥηθέντα [prev. author] “Lg.” 773e)]; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Plt.” 296a, Hegesippus Epigrammaticus [same place]; οἱ ἔ. Χρόνοι “PPetr.” 2p.19 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
II as preposition with genitive, before, in front of,
II.1 of Place, ἐ. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς νηός) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87, compare 2.110, etc.)]
II.2 of Time, ἔ. ταύτης (i.e. τῆς γνώμης) [Refs ([prev. author] 7.144)]; ἔ. εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be beforehand with events, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.39.)]
II.3 of Degree, ἔ. τοῦ δικαίου preferred before justice, [Refs ([prev. author] 56.50.)]
sometimes also ἔμπροσθε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62, 7.144, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 4.10, in Poets for the sake of meter, 3rd c.BC: Hegesippus Comicus 1.20, 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.14, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.590: neither form in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or Trag., τοὔμπροσθεν uncertain in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1228)].
I adverb,
I.1 of Place, before, in front, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.23)]; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 2.3.55, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62, etc.)]; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.61)]; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.6: _metaphorically_, εἰστοὔμπ. προελθεῖν Isoc. [prev. cited])]
I.2 of Time, before, of old, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277d, etc.)]; τὰ ἔ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 448e; τὰ ἔ. τούτων ῥηθέντα [prev. author] “Lg.” 773e)]; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Plt.” 296a, Hegesippus Epigrammaticus [same place]; οἱ ἔ. Χρόνοι “PPetr.” 2p.19 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
II as preposition with genitive, before, in front of,
II.1 of Place, ἐ. αὐτῆς (i.e. τῆς νηός) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.87, compare 2.110, etc.)]
II.2 of Time, ἔ. ταύτης (i.e. τῆς γνώμης) [Refs ([prev. author] 7.144)]; ἔ. εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be beforehand with events, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.39.)]
II.3 of Degree, ἔ. τοῦ δικαίου preferred before justice, [Refs ([prev. author] 56.50.)]