What does ἀπέναντι (apénanti) mean in the Bible?
ἀπέναντι (apénanti) is a Greek word meaning "opposite".
Greek · G561
ἀπέναντι
Opposite
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ἀπέναντι G561
Pronunciation apénanti
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 It before 2× Matthew 27:24, Romans 3:18
. . . 1× Acts 17:7
in your presence 1× Acts 3:16
opposite 1× Matthew 27:61
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:24
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Acts 2 Romans 1
Source forms
ἀπέναντι 4x apenanti Matthew 27:61, Acts 3:16, Acts 17:7, Romans 3:18
ἀπέναντι* 1x apenanti Matthew 27:24
Parsing patterns
Preposition 5x Matthew 27:24, Matthew 27:61, Acts 3:16, Acts 17:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. opposite
Strong's G561
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
opposite
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 21:2 Preposition
ἀπέναντι apenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verse Matthew 27:24 Preposition
ἀπέναντι apenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verse Matthew 27:61 Preposition
ἀπέναντι apenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verse Acts 3:16 Preposition
ἀπέναντι apenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verse Acts 17:7 Preposition
ἀπέναντι apenanti
over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of
Read verse Romans 3:18 Preposition
ἀπέναντι apenanti
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 5
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 3:18 5×
Word Origins
ἀπέναντι 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