What does ἔμπροσθεν · πᾶς mean in the Bible?
ἔμπροσθεν · πᾶς is a Greek phrase meaning "in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)".
Greek · G1715, G3956
ἔμπροσθεν πάντων
In front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time) · all, any, every, the whole
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ἔμπροσθεν G1715 in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Pronunciation émprosthen
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πᾶς G3956 all, any, every, the whole
Pronunciation pâs
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What does ἔμπροσθεν πάντων (emprosthen pantōn) mean in the Bible?
ἔμπροσθεν · πᾶς is a Greek phrase meaning "in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1715, G3956?
G1715, G3956 is connected to 48 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Source Gloss
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 48
Matt 5:16 · Matt 5:24 · Matt 6:1 · Matt 6:2 · Matt 7:6 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 11:26 · Matt 17:2 · Matt 18:14 · Matt 23:13 · Matt 25:32 · Matt 26:70 · Matt 27:11 · Matt 27:29 44×
Luke 19:4 · Luke 19:28 · Phil 3:13 · Rev 4:6 4×
Word Origins
ἔμπροσθεν πάντων 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