ἐνώπιον
enōpion
before
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἐνώπιον (enōpion) is a preposition that conveys the idea of being "before" someone or something. Its 95 occurrences in the Bible demonstrate its versatility and significance in various contexts. In terms of usage, ἐνώπιον is often used to describe a physical or spatial relationship, such as being before a person, a place, or an object. However, it can also imply a temporal or metaphorical sense, like being before a challenge, a decision, or a situation. This range of usage allows the word to convey a sense of proximity, priority, or anticipation. The significance of ἐνώπιον lies in its ability to add nuance and depth to the biblical narrative. By using this word, authors can create a sense of drama, tension, or expectation, drawing the reader's attention to a particular moment or event. For example, in a situation where someone is standing before a king or a judge, the word ἐνώπιον emphasizes the gravity and importance of the encounter.
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Occurrences in Scripture
95 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:17He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:19The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
Luke 4:7If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours.”
Luke 5:18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
Luke 5:25Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
Luke 8:47When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Luke 12:6“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
Luke 12:9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
Luke 12:9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
Luke 13:26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Luke 14:10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
Luke 15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
Luke 15:18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
Luke 15:21The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
Luke 16:15He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 16:15He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 23:14and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
Luke 24:11These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.
Luke 24:43He took them, and ate in front of them.
John 20:30Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;
Acts 2:25For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
Acts 4:10may it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands here before you whole in him.
Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
Acts 6:5These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
Acts 6:6whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Acts 7:46who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
Acts 10:30Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Acts 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
Acts 10:33Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”
Acts 19:9But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
Acts 19:19Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Acts 27:35When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, then he broke it and began to eat.
Romans 3:20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 12:17Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
Romans 14:22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.
1 Corinthians 1:29that no flesh should boast before God.
2 Corinthians 4:2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 7:12So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 8:21Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
2 Corinthians 8:21Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Galatians 1:20Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.
1 Timothy 5:21I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
1 Timothy 2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
1 Timothy 5:4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:20Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.