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Greekἀπέναντι (apenanti)
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apenanti

Strong’sG561

over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of

stem apenanti-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 booksnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

† ἀπ-έναντι,

adv. c. gen. (Hellenistic, common in LXX);
1. over against (MM, s.v.): Mt 27:61, Mk 12:41, WH, mg.
2. before, in the presence of: Mt 27:24 (WH, mg.), Ac 3:16, Ro 3:18.
3. against: Ac 17:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G561 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-en'-an-tee

from in front, i.e. opposite, before or against

Fromfrom G575 and G1725;

King Jamesbefore, contrary, over against, in the presence of.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἀπέναντι,
adverb, (ἔναντι) opposite, with genitive, NT+2nd c.BC+; before, in the presence of, ἀ. ὑμῶνNT; against, with genitive, LXX+NT
2 absolutely, εἰς τὸν ἀ. βουνόνRefs
3 ={κατὰ ἀνατολὰς νότου}, Refs 5th c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

before2×contrary to1×in the presence of1×opposite1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

apenanti5×

Matthew 27:24… genotō labarantos hudem aponipteta tain cheirain apenanti tou ochlou legarōntos; Athōos amō apo …… took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of …

Matthew 27:61… Magdalēnas kai tas allosas Marias kathorōntais apenanti tou tafou.… the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

Acts 3:16“in the presence of”… autou dōata auto tan holoklērian houtan apenanti pantoiu vu.… man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing …

Acts 17:7“contrary to”hoin hupodechotē Iasōnos; kai houtois pantois apenanti teiu dogmeiu Kaisarou prassalō, basilevon heteron …and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Romans 3:18ouk atō fobos theou apenanti toiu ofthalmoiu autoiu.“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”