What does ἐνώπιον · ἄνθρωπος mean in the Bible?
ἐνώπιον · ἄνθρωπος is a Greek phrase meaning "before human beings, in people’s sight".
Greek · G1799, G444
ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων
In the face of (literally or figuratively) · a human
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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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ἄνθρωπος G444 a human
Pronunciation ánthrōpos
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What does ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων (enōpion tōn anthrōpōn) mean in the Bible?
ἐνώπιον · ἄνθρωπος is a Greek phrase meaning "before human beings, in people’s sight".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1799, G444?
G1799, G444 is connected to 94 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. before human beings, in people’s sight
Source Gloss
before human beings, in people’s sight
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 τῶν ἀνθρώπων 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