Quick Definition
ἔναντι Adv before, in the presence of
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and 473; in front (i.e. figuratively, presence) of
KJV Usage: before
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prep. (with gen.)
83.33 · Spacial Positions · In Front Of, Face To Face, In Back Of, Behind
in front of, before a position in front of an object, whether animate or inanimate, which is regarded as having a spacial orientation of front and back
90.20 · Case · Viewpoint Participant
in the sight of, in the opinion of, in the judgment of (with the genitive) marking a participant whose viewpoint is relevant to an event
1 There are no doubt certain slight differences of meaning in this series (83.33), but such distinctions cannot be readily determined from existing contexts. 2 There are undoubtedly certain subtle distinctions of meaning associated with the various markers in 90.20, but it is impossible to determine those differences on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔν-αντι, adv., (ἐν and ἀντί, prop. in that part of space which is opposite), before : as a prep. foll. by a gen. [B. 319 (273)]; ἔναντι τοῦ θεοῦ, M17 155, before God, i. e. in the temple, Lk. i. 8 [Tr mre. ἐναντίον] : in the judsment of God, Acts viii. 21 G LT Tr WH; [ἔναντι Φαραώ, Acts vii. 10 Tdf.; cf. B. 180 (156)]. (Very often in Sept., and in the Palestin. Apocr. of the O. T.; but nowhere in prof. auth.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔναντι enanti 2x
also an improper prep, over against, in the presence of, Lk. 1:8; Acts 8:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἔν-αντι adv., a κοινή word (MM, Exp., xii),
before; as prep., c. gen.: Lk 1:8, Ac 7:10 (WH, ἐναντίον), Ac 8:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔναντι. That ἔναντι with the gen., as in the phrase ἔναντι τοῦ θεοῦ (Ac 874), can no longer be confined to bibl. Greek (Grimm) is proved by its occurrence in the translation of a Roman senator's ‘‘ Consultum,” Sy// 3005? (B.c. 170) περὶ τούτου τοῦ πράγ[ματο]ς ὕστερον ἔναντι Tatov Λοκρετίου βουλεύσασθαι ἔδοξεν : cf. also for imperial times P Oxy III. 495° (A.D. 181-9) ἔναντι Πέλα. Wackernagel Hel/enistica, pp. 1ff. shows that the word came into the Kowy about B.C. 300 from Cretan, Delphian, or a like dialect, helped by the fact that the Attic ἐναντίον had this sense: see further 5.0. ἀπέναντι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔναντι (enanti) — before. ἔναντι, adverb in the presence of, with genitive, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; compare ἴναντι.