enōpion · before, in front of

What it means

enōpion (ἐνώπιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “before, in front of”.

In front of, in the presence of.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. In someone's view, above all God's.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Before, in the presence of: what is in front of someone's eyes. It is a preposition formed with the root of seeing (ὀπτάνομαι). Thayer: in the presence of, before; in the sight of; in someone's judgment.

• Standing before God: “who stands before God” Luke 1:19Luke 1:15
• Before God as judge Romans 3:20Acts 4:191 Timothy 2:3
• “Joy before the angels of God” Luke 15:10
• Before the throne, in Revelation Revelation 4:10

How we translate it

“Before” 80 times, “in the presence of” 7 (John 20:30), “in the sight of” 4 (Acts 4:19). It keeps “before” also where the sense is someone's judgment (Romans 3:20), because the Greek uses the same image of standing in front of someone's eyes.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• before ×80
• presence ×7
• sight ×4
• Lord ×1
• pleased ×1
• to ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×22
• John×1
• Acts×13
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×1
• 1 Timothy×6
• 2 Timothy×2
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 1 John×1
• 3 John×1
• Revelation×35

• Luke 1:15

  for he will be great before the Lord, and wine and intoxicating drink he will never drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

• Luke 1:17

  And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

• Luke 1:19

  And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

• Luke 1:75

  in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

• Luke 1:76

  And you too, child, will be called prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

• Luke 4:7

  So if you bow down before me, it will be all yours.”

• Luke 5:18

  And look, men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were trying to bring him in and lay him before him.

• Luke 5:25

  And immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went away to his home, glorifying God.

• Luke 8:47

  And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been healed immediately.

• Luke 12:6

  Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

• Luke 12:9

  but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.

• Luke 13:26

  Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

• Luke 14:10

  But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will have honor before all those reclining at table with you.

• Luke 15:10

  In the same way, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who changes his mind.”

• Luke 15:18

  I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

• Luke 15:21

  And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

• Luke 16:15

  And he said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves righteous before people, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among people is an abomination before God.

• Luke 23:14

  and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who is misleading the people; and look, I, having examined him before you, have found no guilt in this man in the things of which you accuse him;

• Luke 24:11

  And these words seemed to them like nonsense, and they would not believe them.

• Luke 24:43

  and he took it and ate it before them.

• John 20:30

  Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples that are not written in this book;

• Acts 2:25

  For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord before me always, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be shaken.

• Acts 4:10

  let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that in the name of Jesus the Messiah the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man stands before you well.

• Acts 4:19

  But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you judge;

• Acts 6:5

  And the matter pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

• Acts 6:6

  whom they set before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

• Acts 7:46

  who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

• Acts 9:15

  But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

• Acts 10:30

  And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, up to this hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house; and look, a man stood before me in shining clothing,

• Acts 10:31

  and he says, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.

• Acts 10:33

  So at once I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now then, we all are present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

• Acts 19:9

  But when some were hardened and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

• Acts 19:19

  And a number of those who had practiced magic brought together their books and were burning them before everyone; and they counted up their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

• Acts 27:35

  And after saying these things and taking bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and breaking it he began to eat.

• Romans 3:20

  because by works of the law no flesh will be declared righteous before him, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

• Romans 12:17

  Repay no one evil for evil; take thought for what is good before all people.

• Romans 14:22

  The faith that you have, keep to yourself before God. Happy is the one who does not judge himself in what he approves.

• 1 Corinthians 1:29

  so that no flesh may boast before God.

• 2 Corinthians 4:2

  But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in cunning nor falsifying the word of God, but by the open display of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience before God.

• 2 Corinthians 7:12

  So even though I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did wrong nor for the sake of the one who was wronged but so that your earnestness for us might be made manifest to you before God.

And 54 more times.