What does ἐνώπιον · θεός mean in the Bible?
ἐνώπιον · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "in the face of (literally or figuratively)".
Greek · G1799, G2316
ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου
In the face of (literally or figuratively) · God
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ἐνώπιον G1799 in the face of (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation enṓpion
In God's presence means before Him as witness or judge, not merely spatial proximity
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου (enōpion tou theou mou) mean in the Bible?
ἐνώπιον · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "in the face of (literally or figuratively)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1799, G2316?
G1799, G2316 is connected to 94 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. in the face of (literally or figuratively)
Source Gloss
in the face of (literally or figuratively)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 94
Luke 1:15 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 1:19 · Luke 1:75 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 4:7 · Luke 5:18 · Luke 5:25 · Luke 8:47 · Luke 12:6 · Luke 12:9 · Luke 13:26 · Luke 14:10 · Luke 15:10 · Luke 15:18 · Luke 15:21 94×
Word Origins
ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain