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Lexicon :: Strong's G1715 - emprosthen

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ἔμπροσθεν
Transliteration
emprosthen (Key)
Pronunciation
em'-pros-then
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
48x in 2 unique form(s) TR
48x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
129x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἔμπροσθεν émprosthen, em'-pros-then; from G1722 and G4314; in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time):—against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's G1715 in the following manner: before (41x), in (one's) sight (2x), of (1x), against (1x), in the sight of (1x), in the presence of (1x), at (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's G1715 in the following manner: before (41x), in (one's) sight (2x), of (1x), against (1x), in the sight of (1x), in the presence of (1x), at (1x).

  1. in front, before

    1. before, i.e. in that local region which is in front of a person or thing

    2. before, in the presence of, i.e. opposite to, over against one

    3. before, in the sight of

    4. before, denoting rank

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔμπροσθεν émprosthen, em'-pros-then; from G1722 and G4314; in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time):—against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of.
STRONGS G1715:
ἔμπροσθεν (Tdf. in Revelation 4:6 ἐνπροσθεν (see ἐν, III. 3; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 8)), adverb of place and of time (from ἐν and πρόσθεν, properly, in the fore part); (from Herodotus down); the Sept. chiefly for לִפְנֵי; before. In the N. T. used only of place;
1. adverbially, in front, before: Revelation 4:6 (opposed to ὄπισθεν, as in Palaeph. 29, 2). before: πορεύεσθαι, to precede, to go before, Luke 19:28; προδραμών ἔμπροσθεν, Luke 19:4 (T WH εἰς τό ἔμπροσθεν, cf. Herodotus 4, 61 (8, 89)), like προπορεύεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 23 (figuratively, Plato, Gorgias, p. 497 a. προιθι εἰς τό ἔμπροσθεν); τά ἔμπροσθεν the things which lie before one advancing, the goal set before one, Philippians 3:13 (14) (opposed to τά ὀπίσω).
2. it serves as a preposition, with the genitive (Buttmann, 319 (274); Winers Grammar, § 54, 6);
a. before, i. e. in that local region which is in front of a person or a thing: Matthew 5:24; Matthew 7:6; Luke 5:19; Luke 14:2; to prostrate oneself ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8; γονυπέτειν ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 27:29; πορεύεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to go before one, John 10:4; ἀποστέλλεσθαι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to be sent before one, John 3:28; σαλπίζειν ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Matthew 6:2; τήν ὁδόν κατασκευάσαι, where ἔμπροσθεν τίνος is nearly equivalent to a dative (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150)), Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:2 Rec.; Luke 7:27.
b. before, in the presence of, equivalent to opposite to, over against one: στῆναι, Matthew 27:11; ὁμολογεῖν and ἀρνεῖσθαι (Buttmann, 176 (153)), Matthew 10:32; Matthew 26:70; Luke 12:8,(9 Lachmann); also Galatians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 13; before one, i. e. at his tribunal: Matthew 25:32; Matthew 27:11; Luke 21:36; Acts 18:17; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; (1 John 3:19). Here belong the expressions εὐδοκία, θέλημα ἐστι ἔμπροσθεν Θεοῦ, it is the good pleasure, the will of God, Matthew 11:26; Matthew 18:14; Luke 10:21, formed after Chaldean usage; for in 1 Samuel 12:22 the words יְהוָה הואִיל, God wills, Jonathan the targumist renders יְהוָה קֲדָם רַעֲוָא; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 329f; (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150)).
c. before i. e. in the sight of one: Matthew 5:16; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 23:13 (Matt 23:14); Mark 2:12 T Tr marginal reading WH; Mark 9:2; Luke 19:27; John 12:37; Acts 10:4 L T Tr WH.
d. before, denoting rank: γεγονέναι ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, to have obtained greater dignity than another, John 1:15, 30, also John 1:27 R L brackets; (Genesis 48:20 ἔθηκε τόν Αφραιμ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Μανασσῆ; (cf. Plato, legg. 1,631 d.; 5, 743 e.; 7, 805 d.)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
48:20
1 Samuel
12:22
Matthew
5:16; 5:24; 6:1; 6:2; 7:6; 10:32; 11:10; 11:26; 17:2; 18:14; 23:13; 23:14; 25:32; 26:70; 27:11; 27:11; 27:29
Mark
1:2; 2:12; 9:2
Luke
5:19; 7:27; 10:21; 12:8; 14:2; 19:4; 19:27; 19:28; 21:36
John
1:15; 1:27; 1:30; 3:28; 10:4; 12:37
Acts
10:4; 18:17
2 Corinthians
5:10
Galatians
2:14
Philippians
3:13
1 Thessalonians
1:3; 2:19; 2:19; 3:9; 3:13
1 John
3:19
Revelation
4:6; 4:6; 19:10; 22:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1715 matches the Greek ἔμπροσθεν (emprosthen),
which occurs 48 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 - “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:6 - “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:32 - “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:33 - But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - This is the one about whom it is written: “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:26 - Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:2 - There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:32 - All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:70

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:70 - But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 - Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:12 - He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:2 - After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:19 - When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:27 - This is the one about whom it is written: “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21 - At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:8 - “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:2 - There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:4 - So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:27 - But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:28 - After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:36 - Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:28 - You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:4 - When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:37 - Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:4 - Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:17 - Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14 - When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:9 - How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:13 - May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:19 - This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:6 - Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:10 - At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:8 - I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me.
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