What does ἀπέναντι (apénanti) mean in the Bible?
ἀπέναντι (apénanti) is a Greek word meaning "opposite".
Greek · G561
ἀπέναντι
Opposite
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ἀπέναντιG561
Pronunciationapénanti
What does ἀπέναντι (apénanti) mean in the Bible?
ἀπέναντι (apénanti) is a Greek word meaning "opposite".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G561?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include before (2), . . . (1), in your presence (1), opposite (1).
Where does ἀπέναντι (apénanti) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Matthew (2), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itbefore2×Matthew 27:24, Romans 3:18
. . .1×Acts 17:7
in your presence1×Acts 3:16
opposite1×Matthew 27:61
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 27:24
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Matthew2Acts2Romans1
Source forms
ἀπέναντι4xapenantiMatthew 27:61, Acts 3:16, Acts 17:7, Romans 3:18
ἀπέναντι*1xapenantiMatthew 27:24
Parsing patterns
Preposition5xMatthew 27:24, Matthew 27:61, Acts 3:16, Acts 17:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. opposite
Strong'sG561
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms1 form5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
opposite
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:2Preposition
ἀπέναντιapenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verseMatthew 27:24Preposition
ἀπέναντιapenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verseMatthew 27:61Preposition
ἀπέναντιapenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verseActs 3:16Preposition
ἀπέναντιapenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verseActs 17:7Preposition
ἀπέναντιapenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verseRomans 3:18Preposition
ἀπέναντιapenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 patterns1Aligned forms5
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 27:24 · Matt 27:61 · Acts 3:16 · Acts 17:7 · Rom 3:185×
Word Origins
ἀπέναντι is built from these roots: