Greek preposition · G561
ἀπέναντι
apenantiap-en'-an-tee
over against; before, in the presence of; against
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apénanti
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G561is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G561
from in front, i.e. opposite, before or against
The King James renders it: before, contrary, over against, in the presence of.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apenanti is rendered "over against; before, in the presence of; against". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "over against".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
The first use
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Matthew 27:24ἀπέναντι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: over against, and before, in the presence of, and against.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| over against(MM, see word): Mat.27:61, Mrk.12:41, WH, mg. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 27:61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. |
| before, in the presence ofMat.27:24 (WH, mg.), Act.3:16, Rom.3:18. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out… |
| againstAct.17:7.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 17:7and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπέναντι5
The grammar of each form
- preposition5PREP
Matthew
two uses
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
- ἀπέναντιapenantiprepositiontagged: opposite
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
- ἀπέναντιapenantiprepositiontagged: opposite
Acts
two uses
By faith in the name of Jesus, this 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 in your presence.
- ἀπέναντιapenantiprepositiontagged: before
and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
- ἀπέναντιapenantiprepositiontagged: contrary to
Romans
one use
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- ἀπέναντιapenantiprepositiontagged: before
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.