Strong G4383πρόσωπον
face
- Transliteration
- prosōpon
- Pronunciation
- pros'-o-pon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed definition
πρόσωπον, -ου, τό
(πρός, ὤψ), [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for פָּנִים;]
1. prop., of persons (so always in cl.);
__(a) the face, countenance: Mat.6:16-17, Mrk.14:65, Luk.9:29, 2Co.3:7, Rev.4:7, al.; τὸ π. τῆς γενέτεως (EV, natural face), Jas.1:23; πίπτειν ἐπὶ (τὰ) π., Mat.17:6, Luk.5:12, Rev.7:11, al.; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ π., Gal.1:22; π., οὐ καρδίᾳ, 1Th.2:17; κατὰ πρόσωπον (in front, facing: Thuc., Xen., al.), when present, face to face, Act.25:16, 2Co.10:1 10:7, Gal.2:11; id. with genitive, as compound prep., in the presence of (not cl.; see Bl., § 40, 9; M, Pr., 99 f.; Thackeray, Gr., 43 f.), Luk.2:31, Act.3:13; similarly ἀπὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים מִלִּפְּנֵי); see Dalman, Words, 29), from the presence of, Act.3:19 5:41 7:45, 2Th.1:9, Rev.12:14 20:11; πρὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים לִפְנֵי), before, Mat.11:10, Mrk.1:2, Luk.7:27" (LXX), al.; in other phrases resembling Heb. idiom (Thackeray, Gr., 42), βλέπειν (ὁρᾶν, θεωρεῖν, ἰδεῖν) τὸ π., to see one's face, i.e. see him in person, Mat.18:10, Act.20:25, 38, 1Th.3:10, Rev.22:4; ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Heb.9:24; ἐν π. Χριστοῦ, 2Co.2:10 4:6; μετὰ τοῦ π. σου with thy presence, Act.2:28 (LXX); εἰς π. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν, 2Co.8:24; στηρίζειν τὸ π. (Heb. פָּנִים שׂוּם: Jer.21:10, al.; see Dalman, Words, 30), with inf., to set one's face towards, Luk.9:51; similarly, τὸ π. αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον (op. cit., 31), Luk.9:53; τὸ π. τοῦ κυρίου ἐπί, 1Pe.3:12 (LXX)
__(b) form, person: καυχᾶσθαι. ἐν π. καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ, 2Co.5:12 (cf. 1Ki.16:7); metaphorically, as in Heb. idiom, of judgment according to appearance, external condition or circumstances (פָּנִים H5387; see Dalman, Words, 30; Thackeray, Gr., 43 f.): λαμβάνειν π., Luk.20:21, Gal.2:6; βλέπειν εἰς π., Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14; θαυμάζειν πρόσωπα, Ju 16.
2. Of things (cf. Dalman, l.with)
__(a) face, appearance (Psa.104:30): Mat.16:3 (WH, R, mg., om.), Luk.12:56, Jas.1:11
__(b) surface (Gen.2:6): Luk.21:35, Act.17:26
(AS)
(πρός, ὤψ), [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for פָּנִים;]
1. prop., of persons (so always in cl.);
__(a) the face, countenance: Mat.6:16-17, Mrk.14:65, Luk.9:29, 2Co.3:7, Rev.4:7, al.; τὸ π. τῆς γενέτεως (EV, natural face), Jas.1:23; πίπτειν ἐπὶ (τὰ) π., Mat.17:6, Luk.5:12, Rev.7:11, al.; ἀγνοούμενος τῷ π., Gal.1:22; π., οὐ καρδίᾳ, 1Th.2:17; κατὰ πρόσωπον (in front, facing: Thuc., Xen., al.), when present, face to face, Act.25:16, 2Co.10:1 10:7, Gal.2:11; id. with genitive, as compound prep., in the presence of (not cl.; see Bl., § 40, 9; M, Pr., 99 f.; Thackeray, Gr., 43 f.), Luk.2:31, Act.3:13; similarly ἀπὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים מִלִּפְּנֵי); see Dalman, Words, 29), from the presence of, Act.3:19 5:41 7:45, 2Th.1:9, Rev.12:14 20:11; πρὸ π. (Heb. (פָּנִים לִפְנֵי), before, Mat.11:10, Mrk.1:2, Luk.7:27" (LXX), al.; in other phrases resembling Heb. idiom (Thackeray, Gr., 42), βλέπειν (ὁρᾶν, θεωρεῖν, ἰδεῖν) τὸ π., to see one's face, i.e. see him in person, Mat.18:10, Act.20:25, 38, 1Th.3:10, Rev.22:4; ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Heb.9:24; ἐν π. Χριστοῦ, 2Co.2:10 4:6; μετὰ τοῦ π. σου with thy presence, Act.2:28 (LXX); εἰς π. τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν, 2Co.8:24; στηρίζειν τὸ π. (Heb. פָּנִים שׂוּם: Jer.21:10, al.; see Dalman, Words, 30), with inf., to set one's face towards, Luk.9:51; similarly, τὸ π. αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον (op. cit., 31), Luk.9:53; τὸ π. τοῦ κυρίου ἐπί, 1Pe.3:12 (LXX)
__(b) form, person: καυχᾶσθαι. ἐν π. καὶ μὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ, 2Co.5:12 (cf. 1Ki.16:7); metaphorically, as in Heb. idiom, of judgment according to appearance, external condition or circumstances (פָּנִים H5387; see Dalman, Words, 30; Thackeray, Gr., 43 f.): λαμβάνειν π., Luk.20:21, Gal.2:6; βλέπειν εἰς π., Mat.22:16, Mrk.12:14; θαυμάζειν πρόσωπα, Ju 16.
2. Of things (cf. Dalman, l.with)
__(a) face, appearance (Psa.104:30): Mat.16:3 (WH, R, mg., om.), Luk.12:56, Jas.1:11
__(b) surface (Gen.2:6): Luk.21:35, Act.17:26
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4383 appears in 73 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- face55
- person7
- presence7
- countenance3
- appearance2
- before1
- fashion1
- of1
- with1
First verses
- Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
- 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 16:3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Matthew 17:6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
- Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 22:16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
- Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
- 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 12:14And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?
- Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
- Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
- Luke 2:31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
- Luke 5:12And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- 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.
- Luke 9:29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
- Luke 9:51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
- Luke 9:52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πρόσωπον, τό:
plural πρόσωπα, Epic dialect (Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.212))] προσώπατα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.192, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.230 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.419, etc.; _dative_ προσώπασι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.212: a _masculine_ _nominative_ πρόσωπος is cited from 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 250)]:— face, countenance (compare μέτωπον), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus,)] always in plural, even of a single person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.212, 18.414, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.361, +others (except 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.24), and so in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 594 (variant{-πον}), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871.6 (see.below), “El.” 1277 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 314, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.11 (uncertain), “Anthologia Graeca” 9.322 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus): _sing._ in “Hymni Homerici” 10.2, 31.12)], and usually in later writers; π. κλιθὲν προσώπῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.12; εἰς π. βλέπειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 280)]; ἐς π. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι come before him,[LXX+2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 720; π. πρός τινα στρέφειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 457; οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ π. μου LXX.Gen.43.3, compare “UPZ” 70.5 (2nd c.BC))]; κατὰ πρόσωπον in front, facing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.106, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43, etc.; τὴν κατὰ π. τῆς ἀντίας φάλαγγος τάξιν [prev. work] 6.3.35)]; κατὰ π. Αἰγύπτου facing, fronting Egypt, [LXX (LXX.Gen.25.18)]; opposed to κατὰ νώτου, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.28.9)]; κατὰ π. ἄγειν, opposed to κατὰ κέρας ὑπεραίρειν, [Refs ([prev. author] 11.14.6, etc.)]; κατὰ π. in person, ἡ κατὰ π. ἔντευξις [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 17)]; κατὰ π. παραμυθήσασθαι, opposed to διὰ τοῦ ψαφίσματος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).86.22 (Epid.); so κατὰ πρόσωπα 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus “Ars astronomica” 11.21)]; also πρὸς τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.9)]; ἐπὶ προσώπου Ἰεριχώ in front of Jericho, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Deu.34.1; ἔρρ᾽ ἐκ προσώπου 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 8.59; ἀπὸ π. τῆς γῆς LXX.Amos.9.8)]; βλέπειν εἰς π. τινός regard his countenance, [LXX+NT (NT.Matt.22.16: usually of the face of man or God, as λειτουργῶν τῷ π. Κυρίου LXX.1Ki.2.11; οἱ ἄρτοι τοῦ π., of shewbread, [prev. work] 21.6)]: of the ibis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.76)]; of dogs, ἀπὸ τῶν π. φαιδραί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.2)]; of horses, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 631a5)]; of deer,[Refs ([prev. work] 579a2)]; of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 30, 33.16)]; face of the moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871.6 (_plural_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.920b: _metaphorically_, ἀργυρωθεῖσαι πρόσωπα.. ἀοιδαί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.8.)]
2 front, façade, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 6.14, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 189 (Lyric poetry, _plural_))]; κατὰ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τῆς νεώς, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.2 (3rd c.BC), 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.1, 2; τιθέναι τὰς φιάλας ἐπὶ πρόσωπον 2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.501d.)]
II one's look, countenance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 639, 794 (_anapaest meter_, _plural_), “Eu.” 990 (_anapaest meter_, _plural_), etc.)]; οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 448: _metaphorically_, φαίνοισα π. Ἀλάθεια 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.17.)]
II.2 Astrology texts, decan considered as the domain of a planet, ἐν ἰδίοις π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 62.21, Paul. Al. “C.” 2.)]
III ={προσωπεῖον}, mask, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.287 (-εῖον is variant), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449a36, b4, “Pr.” 958a17, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.144 (variant), 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.47; π. ὑπάργυρον κατάχρυσον “IG” 12.276.6, compare 42(1).102.58,68 (Epid., 4th c.BC), “Clara Rhodos” 6/7.428)]; ὀθόνινον π. probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 142; π. περίθετον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristomenes Comicus 5)]; of the Roman imagines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.5)]; bust or portrait, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Sammelb. 5221, “OGI” 432.1 (Naksh-i-Rustam, 3rd c.AD).)]
III.2 dramatic part, character, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.199S., 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.29.45 and 57)]; κωφὸν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.19.3)]; character in a book, τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὄνομα καὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.11.5)]; τὸ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 12.27.10, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.32)]; also ἀστοχεῖν τοῦ π., of an author,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Callisth. 44J.; ἐπὶ προσχήματι καὶ π. δικαστῶν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 168.)]
IV person, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.52S. (_plural_); ἀδίκως μὴ κρῖνε πρόσωπον 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 10)]; προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ in person, in bodily presence, [NT (NT.1Thes.2.17, cf. NT.2Cor.5.12)]; ποιεῖν or πληροῦν τὸ π. τινός to represent a person, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (PRein. 56.30 (4th c.AD), “Sammelb.” 6000ii 12 (6th c.AD))]; λαμβάνειν π. τινός admit a person to one's presence, εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου [LXX (LXX.Mal.1.8)]; hence, ={προσωποληπτεῖν}, [NT (NT.Luke.20.21, NT.Gal.2.6)]; μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ π. μου, i.e. do not reject my prayer, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.2.20)]; θαυμάσαι π. ἀσεβοῦς[LXX (LXX.Pro.18.5)]; ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας.., ὅστις οὐ θαυμάζει π. οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον[LXX (LXX.Deu.10.17.)]
IV.2 legal personality, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus Borysth. cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.46.)]
IV.3 Grammars, person, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 3.12, etc.)]; γυναικεῖα π. [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 2.)]
IV.4 π. πόλεως a feature of the city, of a person, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.17.2.)]
IV.5 falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.23 (cf. Nicolaus Rhetor “Progymnasmata” p.4 F.).)]
plural πρόσωπα, Epic dialect (Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.212))] προσώπατα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.192, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.230 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.419, etc.; _dative_ προσώπασι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.212: a _masculine_ _nominative_ πρόσωπος is cited from 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 250)]:— face, countenance (compare μέτωπον), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus,)] always in plural, even of a single person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.212, 18.414, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.361, +others (except 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.24), and so in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 594 (variant{-πον}), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871.6 (see.below), “El.” 1277 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 314, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.11 (uncertain), “Anthologia Graeca” 9.322 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus): _sing._ in “Hymni Homerici” 10.2, 31.12)], and usually in later writers; π. κλιθὲν προσώπῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.12; εἰς π. βλέπειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 280)]; ἐς π. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι come before him,[LXX+2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 720; π. πρός τινα στρέφειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 457; οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ π. μου LXX.Gen.43.3, compare “UPZ” 70.5 (2nd c.BC))]; κατὰ πρόσωπον in front, facing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.106, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43, etc.; τὴν κατὰ π. τῆς ἀντίας φάλαγγος τάξιν [prev. work] 6.3.35)]; κατὰ π. Αἰγύπτου facing, fronting Egypt, [LXX (LXX.Gen.25.18)]; opposed to κατὰ νώτου, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.28.9)]; κατὰ π. ἄγειν, opposed to κατὰ κέρας ὑπεραίρειν, [Refs ([prev. author] 11.14.6, etc.)]; κατὰ π. in person, ἡ κατὰ π. ἔντευξις [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 17)]; κατὰ π. παραμυθήσασθαι, opposed to διὰ τοῦ ψαφίσματος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).86.22 (Epid.); so κατὰ πρόσωπα 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus “Ars astronomica” 11.21)]; also πρὸς τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.9)]; ἐπὶ προσώπου Ἰεριχώ in front of Jericho, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Deu.34.1; ἔρρ᾽ ἐκ προσώπου 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 8.59; ἀπὸ π. τῆς γῆς LXX.Amos.9.8)]; βλέπειν εἰς π. τινός regard his countenance, [LXX+NT (NT.Matt.22.16: usually of the face of man or God, as λειτουργῶν τῷ π. Κυρίου LXX.1Ki.2.11; οἱ ἄρτοι τοῦ π., of shewbread, [prev. work] 21.6)]: of the ibis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.76)]; of dogs, ἀπὸ τῶν π. φαιδραί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.2)]; of horses, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 631a5)]; of deer,[Refs ([prev. work] 579a2)]; of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 30, 33.16)]; face of the moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871.6 (_plural_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.920b: _metaphorically_, ἀργυρωθεῖσαι πρόσωπα.. ἀοιδαί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.8.)]
2 front, façade, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 6.14, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 189 (Lyric poetry, _plural_))]; κατὰ π. τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τῆς νεώς, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.2 (3rd c.BC), 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.1, 2; τιθέναι τὰς φιάλας ἐπὶ πρόσωπον 2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.501d.)]
II one's look, countenance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 639, 794 (_anapaest meter_, _plural_), “Eu.” 990 (_anapaest meter_, _plural_), etc.)]; οὐ τὸ σὸν δείσας π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 448: _metaphorically_, φαίνοισα π. Ἀλάθεια 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.17.)]
II.2 Astrology texts, decan considered as the domain of a planet, ἐν ἰδίοις π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 62.21, Paul. Al. “C.” 2.)]
III ={προσωπεῖον}, mask, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.287 (-εῖον is variant), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449a36, b4, “Pr.” 958a17, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.144 (variant), 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.47; π. ὑπάργυρον κατάχρυσον “IG” 12.276.6, compare 42(1).102.58,68 (Epid., 4th c.BC), “Clara Rhodos” 6/7.428)]; ὀθόνινον π. probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 142; π. περίθετον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristomenes Comicus 5)]; of the Roman imagines, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.5)]; bust or portrait, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Sammelb. 5221, “OGI” 432.1 (Naksh-i-Rustam, 3rd c.AD).)]
III.2 dramatic part, character, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.199S., 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.29.45 and 57)]; κωφὸν π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.19.3)]; character in a book, τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὄνομα καὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.11.5)]; τὸ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 12.27.10, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.32)]; also ἀστοχεῖν τοῦ π., of an author,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Callisth. 44J.; ἐπὶ προσχήματι καὶ π. δικαστῶν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 168.)]
IV person, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.52S. (_plural_); ἀδίκως μὴ κρῖνε πρόσωπον 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 10)]; προσώπῳ, οὐ καρδίᾳ in person, in bodily presence, [NT (NT.1Thes.2.17, cf. NT.2Cor.5.12)]; ποιεῖν or πληροῦν τὸ π. τινός to represent a person, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (PRein. 56.30 (4th c.AD), “Sammelb.” 6000ii 12 (6th c.AD))]; λαμβάνειν π. τινός admit a person to one's presence, εἰ προσδέξεταί σε, εἰ λήψεται πρόσωπόν σου [LXX (LXX.Mal.1.8)]; hence, ={προσωποληπτεῖν}, [NT (NT.Luke.20.21, NT.Gal.2.6)]; μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ π. μου, i.e. do not reject my prayer, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.2.20)]; θαυμάσαι π. ἀσεβοῦς[LXX (LXX.Pro.18.5)]; ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας.., ὅστις οὐ θαυμάζει π. οὐδὲ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ δῶρον[LXX (LXX.Deu.10.17.)]
IV.2 legal personality, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus Borysth. cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.46.)]
IV.3 Grammars, person, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 638.4, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 3.12, etc.)]; γυναικεῖα π. [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 2.)]
IV.4 π. πόλεως a feature of the city, of a person, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.17.2.)]
IV.5 falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.23 (cf. Nicolaus Rhetor “Progymnasmata” p.4 F.).)]